Lycaenid butterfly caterpillars can ‘convert’ enemy ants and turn them into bodyguards
What may seem like a plot of a science fiction movie, is actually the scenario present in one little corner of our biological realm. To that end, entomologists are already aware of a unique natural phenomenon where groups of ants tend to abandon their fellow brethren, to protect a particular caterpillar (lycaenid butterfly variety) against…