The report show insects foraging on plant surfaces must attach to a layer call Epicuticular Waxes (EW) that cover the surfaces. EW morpholy can influence the ecology of herbivorous insects directly, and indircctly by affecting attachment by activily foraging predator insects to plant surfaces.
The wax exposed on surface of plant. The morphology of EW various from continuous film to decorated with protruding microscopic crystals: rods, platelets, tubes and complex dendritic structures.
Example of EW:
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