Experience-dependent modulation of the attraction to faeces in the kissing bug Triatoma infestans.

Journal of Insect Physiology(2017)

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Abstract
•Previous experiences can modulate the attraction of Triatoma infestans to faeces.•Attraction to faeces is innate.•Attraction to faeces is not influenced by the presence of other individuals.•A long pre-exposure to faeces inhibits the attraction.•An aversive conditioning switches from faeces attraction to repellence.
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Aggregation,Faeces,Learning,Plasticity,Triatoma infestans
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