Parasitized caterpillars eat more alkaloid-rich

food in order to:
a. poison themselves.
b. poison the parasite.
c. give themselves better nutrition to fight off
the parasite.
d. kill themselves so the parasite will die with
them.
e. all caterpillars perfer alkaloid-rich food


B

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