<I>Manduca</I> and Trichomes (VIDEO)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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A freshly hatched Manduca sexta larva (tobacco hornworm) consumes trichomes of wild tobacco (Nicotiana attenuata).

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MPI Chemical Ecology: Ian Baldwin, Alexander Weinhold

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