Weiss, M. R., E. E. Wilson, and I. Castellanos. Predatory wasps learn to overcome the shelter defenses of their larval prey. Accepted, Animal Behaviour.

Weiss, M. R., E. M. Lind, M. T. Jones, J. D. Long, and J. L. Maupin. Uniformity of leaf shelter construction by early-instar larvae of Epargyreus clarus (Hesperiidae), the silver-spotted skipper. Accepted, Journal of Insect Behavior.

Weiss, M. R. 2003. Good Housekeeping: why do skipper caterpillars eject their frass? Ecology Letters, 6, 361-370.

Weiss, M. R. and D. R. Papaj. 2003. Colour learning in two behavioral contexts: how much can a butterfly keep in mind? Animal Behaviour, 65, 425-434.

Jones, M. T., I. Castellanos, and M. R. Weiss. 2002. Do leaf shelters always protect larvae from invertebrate predators? Ecological Entomology, 27, 753-757.

Weiss, M. R., 2001. Vision and learning in some neglected pollinators: beetles, flies, moths, and butterflies. In Cognitive Ecology of Pollination, Eds: L. Chittka and J. Thomson, Cambridge University Press.

Farzad, M., R. Griesbach and M. R. Weiss. 2001. Floral color change in Viola cornuta L. (Violaceae): A model system to study regulation of anthocyanin production. Plant Science, 162, 225-231.

Lind, E., M. T. Jones, J. D. Long, and M. R. Weiss. 2001. Ontogenetic changes in leaf shelter construction by larvae of the silver-spotted skipper, Epargyreus clarus, Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 54:77-82.

Weiss, M. R. 2000. Brainy Butterflies; insects are willing to learn. Natural History, 109: 38-41.

Weiss, M. R. 1997. Innate colour preferences and flexible colour learning in the pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor (Papilionidae). Animal Behaviour, 53:1043-1052.

Weiss, M. R. and B. B. Lamont. 1997. Floral color change and insect pollination: a dynamic relationship. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 45: 185-199.

Weiss, M. R. 1995. Floral color change: a widespread functional convergence. American Journal of Botany, 82:167-185.

Weiss, M. R. 1991. Floral colour changes as cues for pollinators. Nature, 354: 227-229

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