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1 day ago

Baby butterflies fool ants into taking care of them

These caterpillars use a surprisingly complex rhythm like a secret knock to convince the ants to come fetch them. That's according to research published on February 25 in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, which found that caterpillars can keep a beat called double meter that has so far been identified only in a couple of primates.
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4 months ago

Static Electricity Helps Parasitic Nematodes Leap onto Insects

Static electric charges on flying insects attract oppositely charged parasitic nematodes, enabling the worms to land after imprecise jumps and succeed in reproduction.
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fromwww.esquire.com
4 months ago

We Asked a Bug Expert to Fact-Check 'Alien: Earth'

Alien: Earth integrates realistic entomological behaviors into its alien designs and containment scenarios, blending insect biology with sci-fi horror.
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