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Title:		Trail marking by larvae of the eastern tent caterpillar
Author(s):		Fitzgerald TD;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1976
Volume:		194
Issue:		4268
Page Number:		961 - 963
DOI:		10.1126/science.982055
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		Eastern tent caterpillars that are successful foragers deposit trails as they return to the tent that are more attractive than the exploratory trails of the unfed larvae. The trails of these fed returning larvae attract unfed tentmates to food finds anre chemical factors account for the attractiveness of these trails
Keywords:		Animals Feeding Behavior/physiology Larva Lepidoptera/*physiology Pheromones/*physiology;
Notes:		"MedlineFitzgerald, T D eng 1976/11/26 Science. 1976 Nov 26; 194(4268):961-3. doi: 10.1126/science.982055"