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Further evidence that insects self medicate against parasites & pathogens

Diet Quality Can Play a Critical Role in Defense Efficacy against Parasitoids and Pathogens in the Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia), Minna Laurentz , et al. J Chem Ecol (2012) 38:116–125

> Numerous herbivorous insect species sequester noxious chemicals from host plants that effectively defend against predators, and against parasitoids and pathogens. These results suggest that the sequestering of plant defense chemicals can help herbivorous insects to defend against parasitoids.

> Moreover, effective defense against parasitoids correlated positively with defense against bacterial pathogens, which could be due to a genetic linkage between these two traits or result from condition-dependent effects.

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