Researchers have discovered blow fly larvae with fake termite faces on their rears that enable them to socially integrate ...

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 ...

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 ...

A NEW type of fly maggot has evolved fake faces on their rear-ends as a clever tactic to infiltrate the nests of their prey, a new study has found. Researchers found that the Moroccan fly maggot, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Soldier termites typically kill colony intruders on site, but disguised larvae live among the soldiers without any problems and are granted full access to the termite mound's food chamber. The ...

“Most termites live several meters deep and have no visual perception. However, harvester termites come out at dusk to ...

This rare blow fly species has larvae that fit right in with the termites down to copying their odor.