Natures wonders: Beatles living off ants (Introduction)

by David Turell @, Saturday, October 04, 2014, 15:06 (3454 days ago) @ David Turell

These little guys sneak into the ant colonies, have changed to be of a pretty look-alike body, and live the 'life of Riley'. Are the ants fooled or accepting?:-http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141002123635.htm-
"Adopting this lifestyle brings lots of benefits. These beetles live in a climate- controlled nest that is well protected against predators, and they have access to a great deal of food, including the ants' eggs and brood, and, most remarkably, liquid food regurgitated directly to their mouths by the worker ants themselves," Parker said. "But pulling off this way of life means undergoing drastic morphological changes."


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