Kairomone

[1] Derived from the Greek καιρός, meaning "opportune moment"[2][3][4], it serves as a form of "eavesdropping", enabling the receiver to gain an advantage, such as locating food or evading predators, even if it poses a risk to the emitter.Primarily studied in entomology, kairomones can play key roles in predator-prey dynamics, mate attraction, and even applications in pest control.Furthermore, A. americanum responds strongly to excreta from fed ticks, suggesting it uses multiple signals to identify promising feeding locations.[16] These interspecific chemical signals alert potential prey to the presence of a predator, eliciting avoidance and freezing behaviors in species such as mice, deer, and cattle.[1] For example, studies have shown that kairomones are effective in attracting female African sugarcane borers to deposit eggs on dead leaf material.[21] Kairomones have been extensively studied, and some are in successful usage, in Florida's Anastrepha suspensa eradication zone in support of the citrus, and various other orchard industries there.
Uric acid, a kairomone type excreted by birds and reptiles.
Wolves produce kairomones when scent-marking their territories [ 8 ]
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