Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus) caterpillar being tended by ants submitted by user apdp from Montreal.
Did you know that several lycaenid butterfly larvae secrete substances that attract and appease ants?. In return, the ants protect the larvae against attacks by small larval parasitoids. This is called myrmecophily.
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