Re:The Little-Known World of Caterpillars
by rcme on Friday March 17, 2023 @10:09PM
(#35205361)
Seems like you could test that via negative stimulus. Introduce a negative stimulus like a shock associated with something perceivable by both the caterpillar and butterfly. After conditioning the caterpillar, see if the butterfly shares the same aversion to the stimulus.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:The Little-Known World of Caterpillars
by villaaston1 on Friday March 17, 2023 @10:37PM
(#35205506)
This has been tested! In moths at least:
> Manduca sexta caterpillars received an electrical shock associatively paired with a specific odor in order to create a conditioned odor aversion, and were assayed for learning in a Y choice apparatus as larvae and again as adult moths. We show that larvae learned to avoid the training odor, and that this aversion was still present in the adults.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
Re:The Little-Known World of Caterpillars
by Grothendank on Friday March 17, 2023 @11:06PM
(#35205647)
tldr summary; moth doggos retain learnings from pupper form, owo :3