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Insect pupae hiss like snakes for defense. A Kobe University team now reveals the mechanisms, opening the door to further studies involving predator reactions to defensive sounds. Just as you would ...
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Young moths are hissing at predators, and it’s surprisingly effective
Predators in the forest understory are learning a strange new lesson: sometimes that ominous hiss in the leaf litter is not a snake at all, but a moth that has not even finished growing its wings.
Insect pupae hiss like snakes for defense. A Kobe University team now reveals the mechanisms, opening the door to further studies involving predator reactions to defensive sounds. Subscribe to our ...
The buff-leaf hawkmoth has evolved an unusual way to defend itself: it weaponizes its own breath. Both larvae and pupae force air through their spiracles – tiny breathing openings – to produce a sharp ...
Kobe University ecologist SUGIURA Shinji discovered that the pupae of the buff-leaf hawkmoth produce sounds by forcing air through holes in their abdomens, the first evidence of such a mechanism.
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