Millipede defense: use of detachable bristles to entangle ants.
The millipede Polyxenus fasciculatus (Diplopoda; Polyxenida) defends itself against ants by use of a pair of bristle tufts at its rear. When attacked, it wipes the tufts against the ants, thereby causing these to become encumbered by bristles that detach from the tufts. Ants contaminated with bristl...
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| Julkaisussa: | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A |
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| Päätekijät: | , , |
| Aineistotyyppi: | Artigo |
| Kieli: | Inglês |
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National Academy of Sciences
1996
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| Linkit: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC38244/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8855269/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.93.20.10848 |
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