(Phys.org) —A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany has found that a species of hornworm uses nicotine it gets from eating tobacco plants, as a means of defense. In their paper ...

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A caterpillar that eats tobacco leaves containing lethal doses of nicotine 'smokes' the toxin to ward off predators. Until now scientists were unsure of how the tobacco hornworm processed the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Tobacco hornworms are a major plant pest across the United States. They ...

The relationship between caterpillars and plants is incredibly complex and can give rise to fascinating mysteries. One such conundrum involves tobacco hornworm caterpillars and their interaction with ...

I saw your recent column about tomato fruitworms, and was wondering if this pest also eats leaves. The leaves of one of my tomato plants are being eaten by something. A couple of the branches now have ...

The foul-breathed hornworm, Manduca sexta, repurposes ingested nicotine and exhales it to keep predators at bay. In a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...

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