...Jonas Henske; Thomas Eltz ABSTRACT Male neotropical orchid bees concoct complex perfume blends by collecting exogenous volatiles from various sources, including orchids. These perfumes, stored in specialized hind-leg pouches and released during courtship, serve as inter-sexual signals. It has been...

... but occasionally gather at freshly opened coconuts or fructiferous arenga palms. By analyzing volatiles of coconuts and arenga fruit, we identified five compounds, including acetoin, which are present in both food sources. In a behavioral screen performed in the crabs' habitat, a beach on Christmas Island, we...

...Monika Hilker; Claudia Stein; Roland Schröder; Martti Varama; Roland Mumm SUMMARY Egg deposition by the phytophagous sawfly Diprion pini L.(Hymenoptera, Diprionidae) is known to induce locally and systemically the emission of volatiles in Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris L.) that attract the egg...

...John Paul Cunningham; Chris J. Moore; Myron P. Zalucki; Stuart A. West SUMMARY Floral volatiles play a major role in plant–insect communication. We examined the influence of two volatiles, phenylacetaldehyde andα-pinene, on the innate and learnt foraging behaviour of the moth Helicoverpa armigera...