An egg-popping ant makes an eye-popping photo
WITH A METHODICAL PINCH, POP AND SUCK, a Crematogaster ant efficiently destroys the eggs that an Acraea zetes butterfly laid on the leaf of a Barteria tree in Cameroon. The carnage benefits both tree and ant. Highly territorial, the insect depends on the tree for nectar and nest sites. If the butterfly larvae hatch, they’ll eat the leaves. So the ants start popping and gain a snack in the process.
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