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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Midwest
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Good housekeeping: why do shelter-dwelling caterpillars fling their frass?
Ecology Letters, (2003) 6: 361–370 Martha R. Weiss Biology Department, Georgetown University, Washington DC 20057-1229 Quote:
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Flying frass - well, what can I say? As they used to say on one of the TV police shows "Hey - becareful out there!". ![]()
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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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I missed this somehow when it was posted. Very funny images come to mind.
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Butterfly Educator Extraordinaire
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA
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LOLOL! And to think, people get PAID to research this stuff!
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Salamander
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Texas
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I was raising the Goatweed Leafwing caterpillars and they fold a leaf over themselves. Two open ends, head toward the stem and they just let the frass fall out the hole at the tail end of the cat. I'd find a little pile of frass directly below the leaf nest. But I've seen other kinds of cats "fling" their frass with their tail end as it was coming out! Hey, if I could get someone to pay me to watch caterpillar flinging frass, that would be okay with me!
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Wisconsin
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behaviors, caterpillar, caterpillars, cats, elimination, fling, frass, frass ejection, good, housekeeping, insect, insect behavior, insects, research, shelterdwelling, study, waste |
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