Ants tricked into raising butterflies - USATODAY.com

"But in an experiment, a butterfly pupa pretending to be an ant queen was placed in a chamber with worker ants and four real ant queens. The ant queens began to attack and bite the caterpillar, but the workers intervened, biting and stinging their own queens, which they then pulled to a far... more

Reviewed by sunnyvahan Feb 15 2009, 12:23pm ( 32 reviews ) • usatoday.com

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Rated by w75 on Jul 05, 2:53pm

amazing how they evolved to do this.
Rated by azkitchen on Jun 21, 11:50pm

not so innocent butterflies
Rated by Duragon on Mar 01 2009, 7:35pm

AWESOME THEY GOT FOOLED SUKKA ANTS lol xD
Rated by QuentinsOnTheWay on Feb 17 2009, 5:25pm

how crazy is science??!?!!?
Rated by blauente on Feb 15 2009, 3:49pm

Weird, wild stuff. They make the right sounds!
Rated by sunnyvahan on Feb 15 2009, 12:23pm

"But in an experiment, a butterfly pupa pretending to be an ant queen was placed in a chamber with worker ants and four real ant queens. The ant queens began to attack and bite the caterpillar, but the workers intervened, biting and stinging their own queens, which they then pulled to a far corner of the chamber while other workers attended the pupa."
Rated by dancepance on Feb 15 2009, 11:40am

Fucking butterflies...
Reviewed by mranalog on Feb 15 2009, 8:44am

Take that ants! Tants!

Installing is Easy!