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Moroccan fly maggot uses fake face on its butt to infiltrate termite colony
Researchers have discovered blow fly larvae with fake termite faces on their rears that enable them to socially integrate ...
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Researchers find maggots in Morocco using fake faces on their butts to infiltrate termite colonies
Blowfly larvae in the mountains of Morocco were found to evolve fake termite-like faces on their rear ends as a cunning disguise, allowing them to infiltrate termite colonies, according to a recent ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Fly larva with a fake termite face can infiltrate termite mounds and socialize
These maggots, however, also manage to mimic ... they smell exactly the same. In addition, the larvae and termites in a particular colony have slight differences in their chemical profile that ...
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Fake Termite Face Infiltrates Mound
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 spider, are experts at ...