Article Noxious stimulation induces self-protective behavior in bumblebees
(2024)
Journal Article
Gibbons, M., Pasquini, E., Kowalewska, A., Read, E., Gibson, S., Crump, A., Solvi, C., Versace, E., & Chittka, L. (2024). Article Noxious stimulation induces self-protective behavior in bumblebees. iScience, 27(8), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110440
It has been widely stated that insects do not show self-protective behavior toward noxiously-stimulated body parts, but this claim has never been empirically tested. Here, we tested whether an insect species displays a type of self-protective behavio... Read More about Article Noxious stimulation induces self-protective behavior in bumblebees.