Caterpillars crack ants' rhythmic code to sneak into their colonies

Some caterpillars have cracked the password to an ant colony — what Rachelle Adams, an evolutionary biologist at Ohio State University, calls "well-defended fortresses." Species in the butterfly family Lycaenidae drum out vibrations that match the beat patterns of their host colonies, fooling the ants into carrying them inside and raising them as their own, according to a study published Wednesday in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, reports the New York Times. — Read the rest The post Caterpillars crack ants' rhythmic code to sneak into their colonies appeared first on Boing Boing.