title: Coevolutionary race continues: butterfly larval adaptation to plant trichomes.
abstract: Plant trichomes can act as efjective defenses against herbivores, but at least one species of ithomiid butterfly, Mechanitis isthmia, has evolved a unique adaptation for avoiding the trichomes on its spiny Solanum hosts. The larvae are gregarious all together they spin a fine silk scaffolding over the tops of the spines on which they can crawl and feed in safety.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Rathcke
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Poole