{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Carl ROTH","provider_url":"https:\/\/carlroth.blog\/en\/","author_name":"Carl Roth","author_url":"https:\/\/carlroth.blog\/en\/author\/roka18\/","title":"Wild Tobacco vs. Caterpillars - Carl ROTH","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5ZaDFd8LxC\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carlroth.blog\/en\/wild-tobacco-vs-caterpillars\/\">Wild Tobacco vs. Caterpillars<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/carlroth.blog\/en\/wild-tobacco-vs-caterpillars\/embed\/#?secret=5ZaDFd8LxC\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Wild Tobacco vs. Caterpillars&#8221; &#8212; Carl ROTH\" data-secret=\"5ZaDFd8LxC\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/carlroth.blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/carlroth.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Wilder-Tabak-vs-Raupen_EN-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":670,"thumbnail_height":400,"description":"No one likes being eaten. Not even plants\u2014but they\u2019re firmly rooted in the ground and, in principle, immobile. So how do they protect themselves from predators or fight them off?Plants are certainly not completely defenseless, and a good example of this is Nicotiana attenuata, or wild tobacco. When caterpillars of the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) feed on its leaves, the plant suffers the consequences\u2014but so do the caterpillars."}