Word: moltings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with a moth species that feeds on catalpa trees which contain large amounts of iridoid glycosoids," she says. The larvae of this species are gregarious and warningly colored but the adults are drab and cryptic. This type of life history suggests that the larvae are unpalatable but as they molt and become adults they are no longer unpalatable. "I don't exactly know what's going on with these guys, but I'm really psyched--it's really unusual to have a colored larva and a cryptic adult." The checkerspots, buckeyes and catalpas are all ingesting the same compounds...