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Tag Archives: Phengaris alcon
Video: Blue Butterflies, Red Ants and an Ichneumon.
From Life in the Undergrowth, this clip shows the amazing relationship between the Alcon blue butterfly (Phengaris alcon), a brood parasite of red ants ( Myrmica scabrinodis, Myrmica rubra and Myrmica ruginodis) and the ichneumon wasp (Ichneumon eumerus) that manages to both defeat the ants’ defenses and parasitize the Alcon caterpillars. Here’s Sir David Attenborough:
Hat-tip to Chris Mallory at Google+.
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Posted in evolution, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Lepidoptera, Parasitism, Video
Also tagged Alcon, ant, Biology, blue butterfly, David Attenborough, Flora and Fauna, Google, icneumon, Myrmica, parasite
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