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Talking Caterpillars: Video
Now the camera is behind the larva, and you are looking directly at its rear end. Two ants are drumming the larva. When the TOs are extruded, they touch the ant on the right, who opens her mandibles and lunges off the end of the larva. The ant on the left is not touched by a TO and remains undisturbed.
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More video!
First nectar gland clip (152 kb)
Second nectar gland clip (155 kb)
First TO clip (136 kb)
Second TO clip (107 kb)
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