'Neighbor-plants' determine insects' feeding choices
Friday, February 14, 2014 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
Insects are choosier than you might think: whether or not they end up feeding on a particular plant depends on much more than just the species to which that plant belongs. The quality of the individual plant is an important factor as well. As is the variety of other plants growing around it. But what, ultimately, makes an insect choose one plant over another?