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. 2015 Aug 12;6:229. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00229

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(A) Adult M. sexta feeding on nectar from a flower from one of its favorite host plants, the jimsonweed Datura wrightii. (B) Females also use this plant as an oviposition resource (Picture by C. Hedgcock). (C) Experimental set-up used to study the oviposition behavior of females in the laboratory. Singly mated female are released in a flight cage in a dual-choice experiment. In this case, the insect is offered two plants, one with an artificial paper flower loaded with a synthetic odor (experimental) and the other loaded with the solvent (control).