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Caterpillars trick ants Jan 29 2008
When humans make themselves smell more alluring than they really are it’s fairly harmless, but it’s a case of life and death for the larvae of Alcon blue butterflies, which trick red ants into feeding them, leaving the young ants to starve.
Alcon caterpillars dupe the ants by giving off a scent which mimics that of the insects’ own larvae.
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