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How moths tell if a yucca's a virgin

Female yucca moths appear to leave a scent mark on flowers telling other females not to overburden the bloom with eggs.

References:

Huth, C.J., and O. Pellmyr. 1999. Yucca moth oviposition and pollination behavior is affected by past flower visitors: Evidence for a host-marking pheromone. Oecologia 119(June):593.

Sources:

Chad J. Huth
Vanderbilt University
Department of Biology
Box 1812-B
Nashville, TN 37235

Olle Pellmyr
Vanderbilt University
Department of Biology
Box 1812-B
Nashville, TN 37235

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 1, July 3, 1999, p. 11. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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