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FemaleLeptopilina boulardi wasps, larval parasites ofDrosophila melanogaster, can learn to respond to more than one odour by associating these odours with oviposition experience. These wasps can memorise and respond to at least two different odours, and prefer the last one learnt.
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De Jong, R., Kaiser, L. Odour preference of a parasitic wasp depends on order of learning. Experientia 48, 902–904 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02118431
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