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Cover image: Pictured is a tobacco hornworm caterpillar (Manduca sexta) protecting itself from a predatory stink bug. Jennifer S. Thaler et al. report that in field and greenhouse experiments the caterpillar feeds 30–40% less when faced with the risk of predation by stink bugs. But the caterpillar makes up for the reduced feeding by developing more rapidly than and gaining the same mass as unthreatened caterpillars, suggesting that�enhanced nutritional physiology, such as increased nutrient assimilation efficiency, allows caterpillars to survive in the face of predation threat. See the article by Thaler et al. on pages 12075–12080. Image courtesy of Ellen Woods (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY). Total number of views and citations See how this article has been cited at scite.ai scite shows how a scientific paper has been cited by providing the context of the citation, a classification describing whether it supports, mentions, or contrasts the cited claim, and a label ind

Cover image: Pictured is a tobacco hornworm caterpillar (Manduca sexta) protecting itself from a predatory stink bug. Jennifer S. Thaler et al. report that in field and greenhouse experiments the caterpillar feeds 30–40% less when faced with the risk of predation by stink bugs. But the caterpillar makes up for the reduced feeding by developing more rapidly than and gaining the same mass as unthreatened caterpillars, suggesting that�enhanced nutritional physiology, such as increased nutrient assimilation efficiency, allows caterpillars to survive in the face of predation threat. See the article