| the effects of ants on the entomophagous butterfly caterpillar feniseca tarquinius, and the putative role of chemical camouflage in the feniseca-ant interaction. | butterfly caterpillars in the lycaenid subfamily miletinae are predators of ant-tended homoptera, yet they lack specialized secretory and call-production organs crucial to ant association in other lycaenids. here, we address the question of how miletine caterpillars have invaded the ant-homoptera symbiosis through a study of the only new world miletine, feniseca tarquinius, a predator of the wooly aphid prociphilus tesselatus. previous interpretations have suggested that f. tarquinius and other ... | 2005 | 16132214 |
| "wolf-in-sheep's-clothing" strategy of a predaceous insect larva. | the larva of the green lacewing chrysopa slossonae lives in colonies of the wooly alder aphid prociphilus tesselatus upon which it feeds. it disguises itself as its prey by plucking some of the waxy "wool" from the bodies of the aphids and applying this material to its own back. the investiture protects it from assault by the ants that ordinarily "shepherd" the aphids. larvae artifically denuded are seized by the ants and removed from the aphid colonies. a larva requires on the average less than ... | 1978 | 17836295 |
| homopterans and an invasive red ant, myrmica rubra (l.), in maine. | myrmica rubra (l.), is an invasive ant that is spreading across eastern north america. it is presently found in over 40 communities in maine and areas in vermont, new hampshire, massachusetts, new york, and several provinces in the canadian maritimes and ontario. in addition to disrupting native ant faunas, invasive ants also have been shown to influence homopteran abundance and species composition. we conducted surveys of homoptera in infested and noninfested sites and conducted manipulative ex ... | 2012 | 22525060 |