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Singing Caterpillars, Ants and Symbiosis

With siren songs and chemical lures, some butterfly caterpillars attract ants to serve as their guardians. Those same ants are usually involved in symbioses with other insects and plants as well

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 267 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “Singing Caterpillars, Ants and Symbiosis” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 267 No. 4 (), p. 76
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1092-76