In briefZhang et al. show that Manduca sexta prefers to lay its eggs on beetle-infested plants. Caterpillars feeding on these plants have a reduced chance of being parasitized by wasps. The authors show that the beetle-induced plant volatile a-copaene can elicit moth oviposition and the odorant receptor 35 is involved in its detection.
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