Civilized caterpillars talk with their butts
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 11:30
in Biology & Nature
Some caterpillars essentially talk with their rear ends, scraping oar-like structures on leaf surfaces to signal turf ownership to intruders. Now researchers have found the butt-talking evolved from crawling behaviors. Caterpillar - Business - Construction and Maintenance - Agriculture and Forestry - Horticulture