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An undisturbed neonate F. bilineata caterpillar occupies its territory on the tip of a birch tree leaf, moving between the feeding scar and the green part of the leaf tip. Movements are tracked over a period of 30 minutes.

Buzzing boundaries: tiny caterpillars vibrate to defend leaf tip territories

Sarah M. Matheson, Leonardo M. Turchen, Emilie Mauduit, and Jayne E. Yack

Journal of Experimental Biology 2025. 228:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jeb.249796