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Science 26 July 1974:
Vol. 185. no. 4148, pp. 372 - 374
DOI: 10.1126/science.185.4148.372
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Sodium: Stimulus for Puddling Behavior by Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies, Papilio glaucus

Karen Arms 1, Paul Feeny 2, and Robert C. Lederhouse 3

1 Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850
2 Department of Entomology and Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University
3 Department of Entomology, Cornell University

Male Papilio glaucus butterflies are attracted to sand soaked with dillute aqueous solutions of sodium salts. A sodium ion concentration of 10-3 molar is sufficient to stimulate puddling behavior. Acqlisition of sodiumn mnay be the main ecological function of pudding behavior.


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