Females of the Pacific Coast wireworm, Limonius canus LeConte, were found to contain 2 sex pheromones. One was identified as hexanoic acid. The other is a branched, unsaturated carboxylic acid, probably containing 10 carbon atoms.
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Butler et al. (1975) studied this question.
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