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. 1974 Jul 26;185(4148):372-4.
doi: 10.1126/science.185.4148.372.

Sodium: stimulus for puddling behavior by tiger swallowtail butterflies, Papilio glaucus

K Arms, P Feeny, R C Lederhouse

Sodium: stimulus for puddling behavior by tiger swallowtail butterflies, Papilio glaucus

K Arms et al. Science. .

Abstract

Male Papilio glaucus butterflies are attracted to sand soaked with dillute aqueous solutions of sodium salts. A sodium ion concentration of 10(-3) molar is sufficient to stimulate puddling behavior. Acqlisition of sodiumn mnay be the main ecological function of pudding behavior.

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