Figures 4.7


Location of pheromone-emitting female by male moth tacking upwind.
Figures 4.7. Location of pheromone-emitting female by male moth tacking upwind.

The pheromone trail forms a somewhat discontinuous plume because of turbulence, intermittent release, and other factors. (After Haynes & Birch 1985)

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  The antennae of a male moth of Trictena atripalpis (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae):
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