Responses Allomones Emission of Chemicals that Benefit the Sender

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Interspecific Responses Allomones (Emission of Chemicals that Benefit the Sender) 

Insects offer endless opportunities for experiments with defense secretions. For a review, see Eisner et al. 2005. Upon gentle contact with a forceps insects will release defense secretions. Keep the insect that just has released the defense secretion in a vial with a wire screen cover, or in a tiny wire cage of the type honey bee queens are shipped in through the mail. Observe responses by other insects or predators such as spiders, lizards, frogs, birds, or small rodents. 

Second, test the effect of the defense secretions alone, in the absence of its donor. For rodents, a circular arena has been used. The test odors were introduced through holes in the wall of the arena. A rat s visits to holes with defense odor were then compared with visits to holes with cheese odor or no odor (Bouchard et al. 1997). 

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