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Sick Ants Flash a Chemical Alarm, Then Workers Finish the Job #Science #Biology #Microbiology #Ants #ChemicalCommunication #EcosystemDynamics

This flower smells like injured ants — and flies can’t resist it A type of Japanese dogsbane releases a scent identical to wounded ants’ distress signal, drawing in scavenging flies that unwittingly pollinate it.

“Experiments revealed that the plant’s odor is a near-perfect chemical match to the distress signals released by injured ants”

#scicomm
#sensoryecology
#mimetism
#mimicry
#chemicalcommunication

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a herd of deer grazing in a field ALT: a herd of deer grazing in a field

Predator activity and scent cues influence white-tailed deer behavior in a multi-predator landscape
#ChemicalCommunication #Mammal #Fear

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a container of water with a few plants and a branch in it ALT: a container of water with a few plants and a branch in it

Risk allocation in a freshwater gastropod
#RiskAllocationHypothesis #ChemicalCommunication #Snail

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a black ant with white eyes and antennas on a white background . ALT: a black ant with white eyes and antennas on a white background .

Too much information: subordinate species disadvantaged by greater release of volatiles from resources
#Insect #Beetle #ChemicalCommunication

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Your cat probably knows your smell Domestic cats react differently to their owner’s natural odor versus a stranger's.

“The cats spent significantly longer time sniffing unknown odors than the scents of their owner or an empty tube.”

#scicomm
#sensoryecology
#smell
#animalcomnunication
#chemicalcommunication

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Marine diatoms under the microscope

New Year = New Start! Hello on @bsky.app! I’m looking forward to interesting conversations & will be sharing insights on marine organisms from #microbes to #inverts that use chemistry to talk & interact with each other in different environments!
#chemicalcommunication #EnvironmentalBiochemistry

Phylogenetic analysis of OBPs from various coleopteran insects. Lser, Lasioderma serricorne; Acor, Anomala corpulenta; Rdom, Rhyzopertha dominica; Tyun, Tomicus yunnanensis; Tcas, Tribolium castaneum.

#LiteratureNotice Wang et al. Identification and Expression Profiles of Putative Soluble Chemoreception Proteins from Lasioderma serricorne (#Coleoptera: #Anobiidae) Antennal Transcriptome
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#Beetle #Beetles #WoodwormBeetles #ChemicalCommunication