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Sex pheromones are distinctive to males and females of a species to mate.
Ozone destroys carbon-carbon double bonds in insect sex phermones, which are known to be easily destroyed by ozone.
Researchers tested the attractiveness of male flies to their conspecifics.
They found that even slightly elevated ozone concentrations had such strong effects on fly mating behavior.
Even males of the species Drosophila busckii were less successful at mating after exposure to ozone.
One species, D. suzukii, which is known to lack pheromones but courts based on visual cues, was not affected at all by increased ozone levels.
Scientists in Jena want to study the effects of ozone on a broader range of insects.
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