Cryptic alarm
pheromone:
Rapidly moving solitary insects can escape the predatory ants
whose attack behavior is severely disrupted by the Cryptic pheromone
2-heptanone (Blum et al.,1963).
Reference:
Blum, M.S.,
Warter, S.L., Monroe, R.S., Chidester, J.C.1963.Chemical releasers of social
behaviour. I. Methyl-n-amyl ketone in Iridomyrmex pruinosus. J. Insect Physiol. 9, 881–885.
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