Female moths join pheromone choruses

From Snowbird, Utah, at a meeting of the Animal Behavior Society

Females of the species called rattlebox moths sniff out each other’s male-attracting pheromones and congregate, creating the pheromone-based equivalent of male frogs gathering in a pond to croak a mating chorus, say researchers.

The rattlebox moth (Utethesia ornatrix) became famous when researchers figured out how the species uses and depends on plant toxins.