<I>Manduca sexta</I> Captured by a Rough Harvester Ant (<I>Pogonomyrmex rugosus</I>) (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

<I>Manduca sexta</I> Captured by a Rough Harvester Ant (<I>Pogonomyrmex rugosus</I>)

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A rough harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex rugosus) has located a caterpillar because of its smell and is carrying it back to its nest. The larva emits distinctive odors after it has consumed acyl sugars from trichomes.

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MPI Chemical Ecology: Ian Baldwin, Alexander Weinhold.

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