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----- Original Message -----
From: Dmitri N
To: 'D. Barton Johnson'
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 12:29 PM
Subject: FW: Re: hawkmoth horn function? TT-25
-----Original Message-----
From: Sandy Klein [mailto:sk@starcapital.net]
Sent: jeudi, 9. décembre 2004 16:05
Subject: Fwd: Re: hawkmoth horn function? TT-25
From: Phil HowertonSent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:56
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Subject: Fwd: Re: hawkmoth horn function? TT-25
It's for...whenever the hawl moth caterpiller feels like playing a tune; like, you know, St. Louis Blues. Or demands the right of way.
Phil DN
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EDNOTE. Rest assured I shall pass on these new theories on the function of the posterior horn to NABOKV-L's hawkmoth specialist.
----- Original Message -----
From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 11:46 AM
Subject: Fw: hawkmoth horn function? TT-25
> EDNOTE. FOR ALL OF YOU CLAMOURING TO KNOW WHAT THE FUNCTION OF THE
> HAWKMOTH'S L'AIGUILLON ROUGE IS--THE DEFINITIVE EXPERT ANSWER IS.....
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael A. Wells" <mawells@email.arizona.edu>
> To: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 4:54 PM
> Subject: Re: hawkmoth horn function?
>
>
> > Hi:
> >
> > It is unknown. Some have suggested it might be to fool birds into
> > think that is the head, but I don't think there is any real
> > evidence. It is not
> > strong enough to be used for defense. So, it remains a curious mystery.
> >
> > M Wells
> >
> > D. Barton Johnson wrote:
> >> /Dear Dr. Wells,/
> >> / Could you perhaps tell me what the function of the horn on the Manduca
> >> sexta/ /(and other Spinxes might be. Thank you./ // /Dr. Don
> >> Johnson, UCSB/
> >
> > --
> > Michael A. Wells, Ph.D.
> > Regents Professor Emeritus
> > Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Biological
> > Sciences West Room 516 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721-0088
> > Email: mawells@email.arizona.edu
> > Research Web Site: http://aedes.biochem.arizona.edu The Manduca
> > Project: http://www.manducaproject.com/
> > Voice: 520 621-3847
> > FAX: 520 621-9288
> >
> >
----- End forwarded message -----
----- Original Message -----
From: Dmitri N
To: 'D. Barton Johnson'
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 12:29 PM
Subject: FW: Re: hawkmoth horn function? TT-25
-----Original Message-----
From: Sandy Klein [mailto:sk@starcapital.net]
Sent: jeudi, 9. décembre 2004 16:05
Subject: Fwd: Re: hawkmoth horn function? TT-25
From: Phil HowertonSent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:56
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Subject: Fwd: Re: hawkmoth horn function? TT-25
It's for...whenever the hawl moth caterpiller feels like playing a tune; like, you know, St. Louis Blues. Or demands the right of way.
Phil DN
-----------------------------------------
EDNOTE. Rest assured I shall pass on these new theories on the function of the posterior horn to NABOKV-L's hawkmoth specialist.
----- Original Message -----
From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 11:46 AM
Subject: Fw: hawkmoth horn function? TT-25
> EDNOTE. FOR ALL OF YOU CLAMOURING TO KNOW WHAT THE FUNCTION OF THE
> HAWKMOTH'S L'AIGUILLON ROUGE IS--THE DEFINITIVE EXPERT ANSWER IS.....
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael A. Wells" <mawells@email.arizona.edu>
> To: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 4:54 PM
> Subject: Re: hawkmoth horn function?
>
>
> > Hi:
> >
> > It is unknown. Some have suggested it might be to fool birds into
> > think that is the head, but I don't think there is any real
> > evidence. It is not
> > strong enough to be used for defense. So, it remains a curious mystery.
> >
> > M Wells
> >
> > D. Barton Johnson wrote:
> >> /Dear Dr. Wells,/
> >> / Could you perhaps tell me what the function of the horn on the Manduca
> >> sexta/ /(and other Spinxes might be. Thank you./ // /Dr. Don
> >> Johnson, UCSB/
> >
> > --
> > Michael A. Wells, Ph.D.
> > Regents Professor Emeritus
> > Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Biological
> > Sciences West Room 516 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721-0088
> > Email: mawells@email.arizona.edu
> > Research Web Site: http://aedes.biochem.arizona.edu The Manduca
> > Project: http://www.manducaproject.com/
> > Voice: 520 621-3847
> > FAX: 520 621-9288
> >
> >
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