TruemorsAnts checking out a caterpillar's face. :-)
Nice To Meet'cha!
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NP! ID: 2153425
Title: Nice To Meet'cha!
File Size: 2675 × 1793 – 1.73 MB
Created: Sat, 02/07/2009 - 8:25am
Modified: Sat, 02/07/2009 - 8:25am
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at 08:39 on February 7th, 2009
These ants were collecting nectar from the fruits and flowers of Cassia bicapsularis "Worley's Butter Cream", where caterpillars of the Cloudless Sulfur butterfly were feeding on the leaves and fruits. The ants on this caterpillar's face couldn't figure out whether he was a part of the plant or something else. The lower ant has his tongue (hypopharynx) out, appearing to taste or smell the caterpillar.
They didn't hurt or attack him.
at 09:34 on February 7th, 2009
very interesting
at 17:26 on February 7th, 2009
Thanks, kuuva.