Chemical ecology: Male orchid bees attract females with environmental-derived perfumes in courtship display

Manfred Ayasse

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.016

Chemical ecology: Male orchid bees attract females with environmental-derived perfumes in courtship display

Curr Biol. 2023 May 22;33(10):R405-R407. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.016.

Author

Manfred Ayasse¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany. Electronic address: Manfred.Ayasse@uni-ulm.de.

PMID: 37220732
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.016

Abstract

Are male orchid bees the 'chemical peacocks' of the insect world? A new study on orchid bees shows that perfumes of males do indeed have a comparable function as a peacock's tail to increase male mating success and paternity.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Bees
Cell Communication
Courtship*
Ecology
Female
Male
Perfume*
Reproduction

Substances

Perfume