pheromone
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The group used pheromone lures "which mimic the scent given off by the female moth to attract males" to look for it.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
She has a pheromone - like an energy - which keeps the bees happy.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
“You’re literally managing a pest by preventing it from being born in the first place,” said Haviland of both sterile insect technique and pheromone mating disruption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2024
Some, such as pheromone composition, directly influence the insect’s preference for partners, ensuring H. elevatus mates mostly with members of its own species and only occasionally with its parent species.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 17, 2024
The results show that male chafer's ability to detect the female sex pheromone does run on a 48-hour, circabidian cycle that matches the female mating behavior.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024
They suspect the spider adds pheromones to the trap to lure and anger the green ants alone.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Once the beetle turns its own pheromones off, it can’t turn them back on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
Foraging for resources is an essential process for the daily life of an ant colony, and ants will self-organize using chemical pheromones.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2024
The probability of their models was based on the dynamics of these pheromones.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2024
It is, basically, a response to propaganda, something like the panic-producing pheromones that slave-taking ants re lease to disorganize the colonies of their prey.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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