Movie 4.
Slow-motion video of landing and rejection on a P. parviflora leaf. This slow-motion video shows M. sexta landing on a Proboscidea parviflora leaf and subsequently rejecting it. These leaves are covered in glandular trichomes that secrete sticky exudates, which the moth likely detects via its tarsi and proboscis during probing.
Constancy versus flexibility in oviposition: host choice behavior in a hawkmoth
Journal of Experimental Biology 2025. 228:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jeb.250600