Fitzgerald T D
Science. 1976 Nov 26;194(4268):961-3. doi: 10.1126/science.982055.
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.
成功觅食的东部帐篷毛虫在返回帐篷时会留下痕迹,这些痕迹比未进食幼虫的探索性痕迹更具吸引力。这些进食后返回的幼虫留下的痕迹会吸引未进食的同伴去寻找食物,化学因素是这些痕迹具有吸引力的原因。