This Fly Larva’s Butt Looks Like a Termite’s Head—and Termites Are Falling for It
“Most termites live several meters deep and have no visual perception. However, harvester termites come out at dusk to ...
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These ants are saving our forests—by spraying acid everywhere
Red wood ants are typically found in Eurasia’s temperate and boreal forests. But in recent decades, more nests have been disappearing as the forests have fallen victim to logging, urbanization ...
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This Bizarre Larva Has a Fake Face to Fool Termites
Nature is full of cunning trickery, but few are as audacious as the blow fly. Imagine not only altering your smell and ...
Rare fly species wears fake termite head to infiltrate nests
According to the team, the relationship between the blow fly larvae and termites appears to be some form of social parasitism ...
Fly larva with a fake termite face can infiltrate termite mounds and socialize
Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant ...
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Fly with a fake termite face capable of infiltrating and socialising in a termite mound
For the first time ever, an international study led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), a joint centre of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (the Spanish National ...