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Scientists Just Found The Perfect Disguise to Sneak Into a Termite Colony
Beneath the rocky soil of Morocco, researchers have uncovered a surprising intruder living undetected inside termite colonies ...
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 ...
Fly larva with a fake termite face can infiltrate termite mounds and socialize
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 ...
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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 ...
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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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 ...
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Fly larva with a fake termite face can infiltrate termite mounds and socialize
When we lifted a stone we found a termite mound with three fly larvae that we ... The larvae also mask themselves with the smell of their nest mates Inside the nest, everything is dark, so the ...
Scientists just found one of nature’s sneakiest spies
What are nature's best spies? Well, it turns out they just might be fly larvae that can infiltrate termite nests undetected.
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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 ...