jtotheizzoe:One of my Monarch caterpals exercising perfect leaf-vein-notching technique this morning
jtotheizzoe:One of my Monarch caterpals exercising perfect leaf-vein-notching technique this morning. They chew through the leaf midvein to cut off the flow of latex sap to the leaf before feeding, likely to lower the concentration of toxic compounds in their meal. -- source link
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