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The Natural History of Caterpillar-Ant Associations

  • Pierce N
  • Dankowicz E
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86688-4_11
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Abstract

The caterpillars of many Lepidoptera are neither attacked nor tended by ants but nevertheless appear to be obligately ant-associated and benefit from the enemy-free space created by ants. Obligate myrmecophiles that do not attract ants through stridulatory or...

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Pierce, N. E., & Dankowicz, E. (2022). The Natural History of Caterpillar-Ant Associations (pp. 319–391). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86688-4_11

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