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Monday Night Mystery

March 1, 2010 by myrmecos

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Five points for picking the family, five points for the genus.  And infinity points for figuring out what the those balloon-like structures are for. I have no idea.

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  1. on March 1, 2010 at 7:21 pm Wilma Lingle

    I can’t even tell if it is coming or going …
    Striking photograph regardless.


  2. on March 1, 2010 at 7:21 pm JasonC.

    Riodinidae , genus is Theope. Yay, I got one!


  3. on March 1, 2010 at 7:26 pm JasonC.

    Ooh, and do i get extra points for saying that it’s being attended by Azteca velox? I’m really excited right now.


  4. on March 1, 2010 at 7:34 pm JasonC.

    “In these obligate symbioses the
    exaggerated balloon setae surrounding the head of
    Theope caterpillars (figure 1) appear important in med-
    iating associations with dolichoderine ants by providing
    semiochemical stimuli to ant symbionts (DeVries 1997).”

    From “Ancient butterfly-ant symbiosis: direct evidence from Dominican amber” (DeVries and Poinar 1997).

    Gosh, is this the DeVries who has some show on Animal Planet?


    • on March 1, 2010 at 7:40 pm myrmecos

      Gosh. Infinity points. I’m not even sure how to start giving those out!


      • on March 1, 2010 at 7:56 pm JasonC.

        I found something that refutes that and says they’re “used to store and disperse a noxious chemical when the caterpillar or pupa is grabbed by a predator, rather than to facilitate a symbiotic relationship with ants, as previously suggested.” I can’t access it, but you might.

        http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097%5B0310:LHOCSW%5D2.0.CO%3B2

        Well, time to get to my homework, then!


  5. on March 1, 2010 at 7:38 pm Wilma Lingle

    so, it is coming, then!


  6. on March 2, 2010 at 5:59 am cupi

    some caterpillar


  7. on March 2, 2010 at 3:26 pm Marc "Teleutotje" Van der Stappen

    And the first moment I saw this photograph I wondered if someone would remember your photograps http://www.myrmecos.net/ants/AztVel1.html and http://www.myrmecos.net/ants/AztVel2.html but no …..


  8. on March 2, 2010 at 6:42 pm Answer to the Monday Night Mystery « Myrmecos Blog

    […] March 2, 2010 by myrmecos What was that bizarre balloon-spangled creature? […]



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