Young aphids avoid erroneous dropping when evading mammalian herbivores by combining input from two sensory modalities.

Mammalian herbivores may incidentally ingest plant-dwelling insects while foraging. Adult pea aphids (Acyrthosiphon pisum) avoid this danger by dropping off their host plant after sensing the herbivore's warm and humid breath and the vibrations it causes while feeding. Aphid nymphs may also dro...

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Autores principales: Moshe Gish, Amots Dafni, Moshe Inbar
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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