The Pipevine Caterpillar Thrives in a Toxic Love Triangle | Deep Look
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- The devilish caterpillars of the pipevine swallowtail butterfly devour the California pipevine, never mind that the plant is trying to poison them. Their butterfly moms don’t pollinate the pipevine in return, though. So, the vine traps unlucky gnats in its labyrinthine flowers to do the job.
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This is the story of a love triangle between a plant, a striking butterfly and an intrepid gnat. At the center of this triangle is the California pipevine (Aristolochia californica). The plant produces poisonous compounds called aristolochic acids and it’s also known as the California Dutchman’s pipe because its flowers are shaped like a tobacco pipe.
The California pipevine swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor hirsuta) loves the vine. It flutters around the plant with its bright blue and orange wings and lays clusters of eggs on leaves and stems. When they hatch, the caterpillars feed exclusively on the pipevine. But the butterflies don’t pollinate the plant. Instead, the pipevine lures fungus gnats into its flowers with a mushroomy aroma that reminds the flies of the fungi they feed on in the soil as larvae. The flies get stuck inside the curved flowers long enough for their hairs to get coated in pollen. This strategy in which a plant attracts pollinators under false pretenses is called deceptive pollination.
--- Is the California pipevine a native plant?
Yes, it’s the only pipevine native to the state. It grows naturally along rivers.
--- Are fungus gnats considered pests?
Yes, they are. The adult flies lay their eggs in the earth, where their larvae feed on fungi and plant matter. If they get into potted soil, they can chew on the roots of houseplants and damage them.
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Here in Australia we have the Richmond birdwing butterfly, and it's caterpillars feed on the birdwing pipe vine. This plant has become rather uncommon.
Unfortunately there is another pipe vine, an invasive species called the calico Dutchman's pipe vine. It's very common .
The butterflies will lay their eggs on this feral species, they can't seem to tell the difference between this and the native species.
It has a 100% mortality on all the birdwing caterpillars that hatch and feed on it.
Because of this, habitat loss and drought, the Richmond birdwing butterfly is now a threatened species.
Luckily schools and environmentally responsible families are planting the native pipevine species and removing the invasive one. Hopefully this will boost the numbers of the Richmond birdwing butterfly so that it is no longer threatened with extinction.
We actually have a similar problem in the U.S, with related species! Our pipe-vine swallowtail (Battus philenor) feeds on our native pipe-vines (several Aristolochia species,) but are fooled by introduced pipe-vine species. The introduced species fool the butterflies into laying eggs on them, then poison the caterpillars. Thankfully our native pipe-vines perform better than the introduced ones, so the pipe-vine swallowtail is not facing extinction (at least, not in the eastern U.S.)
That's pretty sad. It's always devastating to learn that a certain species is going extinct. We need to preserve all the earth's animals and insects so that future generations can see and learn about them too. Thank you for bringing attention to this particular issue. More people need to know so that more people can help bring them back from the brink of extinction.
At least with a 100 percent mortality rate, the butterflies that avoid the invasive vine will spread their genes more quickly.
100 %! A stunning figure for evolution to do nothing at all on it! Bits irrelevant to the main subject, how its relative might have obtained it would be an intriguing topic.
Wow. Too bad the video itself didn’t address this.
My mom just found a group of pipevine caterpillars in our backyard a few days ago! They're eating so much that she's had to order more pipevine plants to make sure they have enough. Thanks for teaching me more about them! 😊
Oh wow! That is so cool Lauren.
aw so cute
Just remember not to eat the plants 💀
Toxic love triangle.. we've all been there. We're feelin' for ya, little buddy.
Especially when you date a bisexual with a bisexual best friend.😓
Even worse when it's a love dodecahedron and I know know from experience.
i haven't
Man I must admit the chewing sounds by those caterpillars is literally soo relaxing 😴😂
(crsh gush crsh gush😂)
Asmr
Insect version of Nom nom
The California PipeVine: "If you couldn't tell, you've already fallen into my trap."
The gnat: "!!!"
Reminds me a bit of monarch butterfly caterpillars only eating milkweed. Reminder to everyone to plant endangered native plants in their garden or even just in a window box if they can! It can help conservation of specialized insects like these too and not just the plants. Added bonus, the more flowers, the more food for bees!
There is also another problem with that Monarchs need to eat NATIVE Milkweed. People are getting the wrong kind of milkweed that makes the butterflies deformed and become less migratory which is a huge problem for the Monarchs
0:28 didn’t know that in the insect world
And I never thought I would hear those 2 words together
Neither did I that was so unexpected.
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@@fongus6420 Pollination and fertilisation
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Wow! What a complicated little ecosystem all centered on a single small plant! So cool
It really is!
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The only food source feeds, poisons, and protects the caterpillar?!? What a toxic/critical relationship!!😳🤔
The California pipevine’s survival strategies are very interesting~💯☘🐛
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0:11 Laura: " This is a story..."
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Laura: " of a love traingle"
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Im early yay
Now imma watch the caterpillar
Edit : thank god im not a gnat, being stuck on that flower is scary
Those butterflies are incredibly beautiful!!
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Next level nature drama
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Legit made me tear up so beautiful. Life is so interconnected and nature is full of these complex stories of codependence. It's remarkable that anything is alive at all and we got so lucky to have the wealth of biodiversity we do have. I wish people would see how important it is to protect this. As far as we know life is completely unique to earth and every species we let go extinct is a profound eternal tragedy.
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Ooh it reminds me of a pitcher plant :O
Wow!! Deceptive pollination nice concept to learn about. It's a smart flower, isn't it?
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1:05 I wish this plant's name was beautiLips
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1:05 "sir...SIRR...!! *glasses fall off face* hmmm I said bring me that plant over there.... but sir you're still on probation from the last plant....It don't matter!! I said bring me that planttt over theree."
I saw "Toxic love" in the title and now that song from Ferngully is back in my head.
Caterpillars, will always be the cutest insects ever, no matter if poisonous or not, I just love watching them eat leaves lol, so cute!😂
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It's hard to believe these kind of scary caterpillars grow up to be such gorgeous butterflies!
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We have done many stories on those topics, and have a new story on native bees coming!
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"Feeding together helps them getting bigger faster though scientists don't know why"
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iv always wondered what those little piture plants were that grew in our parks lol
Other flowers: Have you thought of... not making yourself sticky and made your breeders fly to breed your pollens freely without you know... starving them to death when you dont even eat them?
This flower: WHAT?
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These pipevines sure have a lot to worry about. And here you'd think it'd be simple to be a plant!
I like the way u narrate this. It is both entertaining and educational. Thank you.
Man nature ecosystem is so beautiful, I cry 🥲
Can we just talk about how badass the caterpillars look?
One of your best ever episodes... sorta like "dysfunctional symbiosis" ;)
Deceptive pollination is indeed fascinating.
I really like that you add captions since I can’t have volume at the moment
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I have an idea why they get bigger faster when eating in social groups, having competition next to you might increase your rate of eating. I see it in so many animals.
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2:25 Power in numbers?
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The Darth Maul of caterpillars. I wonder why they are called caterpillars when they look nothing like cats.
late Middle English: perhaps from a variant of Old French _chatepelose_ , literally ‘hairy cat’, influenced by obsolete _piller_ ‘ravager’.
The association with ‘cat’ is found in other languages, e.g. Swiss German _Teufelskatz_ (literally ‘devil's cat’), Lombard _gatta_ (literally ‘cat’).
Compare with French _chaton_ , English catkin, which resembles a hairy caterpillar.
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"Om non nom"
-catapiller mostlikely
That was indeed an incredible love story!
Kind of a waste that the pipevine plant doesn't make use of the gnats it inadvertently kills. But, perhaps, the combination of the dead gnats and wilting flower provides a nice compost to the ground.
Why do I find this entertaining yet educational…
I wish school was like this
Maybe if school was optional and teachers made more money the more students they had, they would be more incentivized to make their classes actually interesting.
0:28 sounds like a lifetime movie
I like how she said “disoriented gnat” at the end of the vid lol 😂
Now if only I had some of this in my room I could lure the fungus gnats out of my vivariums...
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Thanks Cristal!
Nature is full of surprises. Love your videos
So true!