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Evidence is presented from predation tests with ants (Formica exsectoides) that the slimy coating ofCaliroa cerasi and the waxy investiture ofEriocampa ovata serve in defense.
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Paper no. 125 of the series Defense Mechanisms of Arthropods. No. 124 is T. Eisner et al.,Experientia 50:610–615 (1994).
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Eisner, T. Integumental slime and wax secretion: Defensive adaptations of sawfly larvae. J Chem Ecol 20, 2743–2749 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02036205
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