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pheromone

[fer-uh-mohn] / ˈfɛr əˌmoʊn /


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The group used pheromone lures "which mimic the scent given off by the female moth to attract males" to look for it.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

She travels round and touches the bees with her own pheromone.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

"The framework for analyzing this collective behavior resides in the fundamental pheromone concentration gradient, then working from there," Karamched said.

From Science Daily Nov. 16, 2024

“You’re literally managing a pest by preventing it from being born in the first place,” said Haviland of both sterile insect technique and pheromone mating disruption.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2024

Some, such as pheromone composition, directly influence the insect’s preference for partners, ensuring H. elevatus mates mostly with members of its own species and only occasionally with its parent species.

From Science Magazine Apr. 17, 2024

They suspect the spider adds pheromones to the trap to lure and anger the green ants alone.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

"This keeps the whole group tight together. It's like Guardiola is the queen bee at Manchester City and has got the right pheromones going through his hive at the moment."

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

Once the beetle turns its own pheromones off, it can’t turn them back on.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2026

The returning ants would secrete less pheromones depending on how close the food source was to the nest.

From Science Daily Nov. 16, 2024

It is, basically, a response to propaganda, something like the panic-producing pheromones that slave-taking ants re lease to disorganize the colonies of their prey.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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