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A cuckoo-like parasitic moth leads African weaver ant colonies to their ruin

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Déjean A., Orivel J., Azémar F., Hérault B., Corbara B.
2016

In myrmecophilous Lepidoptera, mostly lycaenids and riodinids, caterpillars trick ants into transporting them to the ant nest where they feed on the brood or, in the more derived ¿cuckoo strategy¿, trigger regurgitations (trophallaxis) from the ants and obtain trophic eggs. We show for the first time that the caterpillars of a moth (Eublemma albifascia; Noctuidae; Acontiinae) also use this ...

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