Caterpillars may sense threats using electric fields
A cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) caterpillar, July 8, 2011. | Photo Credit: Quartl (CC BY-SA 3.0) Caterpillars have a sixth sense that most land-based animals do not. They can sense electric fields around them with small bristles called setae on its body — a feat called electroreception. British researchers have discovered this in laboratory experiments…
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