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Long-chain (Z)-9-alkenes are ‘Psychedelics’ to houseflies with regard to visually stimulated sex attraction and aggregation

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Three different tests on houseflies (Musca domestica L.) revealed that both pheromone-free pseudoflies and male partner flies exhibit in the presence of mixtures of long-chain (Z)-9-alkenes or pure (Z)-9-tricosene enhanced releasing effects for two optical cues, which stimulate male houseflies to mating strikes and houseflies of both sexes to aggregation.

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  1. Bundesanstalt für Fettforschung, Piusallee 68-76, D-44, Münster, Germany

    I. Richter, H. Krain & H. K. Mangold

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Richter, I., Krain, H. & Mangold, H.K. Long-chain (Z)-9-alkenes are ‘Psychedelics’ to houseflies with regard to visually stimulated sex attraction and aggregation. Experientia 32, 186–188 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01937756

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