Tolerating Toxins: Grasshoppers that Feast on Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids §
Catherine E. Housecroft
CHIMIA · 2018
doi:10.2533/chimia.2018.156 (opens in a new tab)
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Abstract
The elegant grasshopper (Zonocerus elegans) and the variegated grasshopper (Z. variegatus) are among insects that deliberately consume and store pyrrolizidine alkaloids which are subsequently used in defence mechanisms.
Abstract licence: CC BY-NC
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