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Neil Vickers and José Crespo, University of Utah

Caption: University of Utah biologists Neil Vickers and José Crespo, holding jars of moths, conducted a study of how odor – namely, a female pheromone -- affects pre-flight behavior in virgin male moths.

Credit: Lee J. Siegel, University of Utah

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