RT @KailenMooney: Just saw this Grammia caterpillar feeding on Amsinckia in the @UCIrvine Ecological Preserve. Amsinckia has pyrrolizidin…
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RT @KailenMooney: Just saw this Grammia caterpillar feeding on Amsinckia in the @UCIrvine Ecological Preserve. Amsinckia has pyrrolizidin…
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Just saw this Grammia caterpillar feeding on Amsinckia in the @UCIrvine Ecological Preserve. Amsinckia has pyrrolizidine alkaloids and Mike Singer et al have shown these guys eat this stuff to self-medicate against parasitoids (https://t.co/JfhDuZBTdD) h
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For example, caterpillars (https://t.co/lN1eK6P6Et) ingest plant toxins when infected by parasitic flies and gorillas (https://t.co/8w96hrsCDN) consume a wide variety of plants that contain known compounds important in human traditional medicines.
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Self-medicating caterpillars http://t.co/DQtpkttHDO