aren't enough predatory bugs nearby the caterpillars continue to feed. citing the plant changes time once again. if your juices digestive inhibitors which make sure the caterpillar can't absorb the food to teach. the plant withdraws its nutrients from the leaves and stores them in the stem. these 2 strategies serve one purpose. the caterpillars stay small which keeps them vulnerable to predators for much longer. sometimes that doesn't help either and the caterpillars grow into giant eating machines. which get prices serious threat to the tobacco plant and so it tries yet another tactic. when the plant is very badly injured it changes the pollinators it attracts from