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Maculinea alcon

Maculinea alcon female

Scoundrels – #4

[featured image] The paussine beetles (see scoundrels – #6) are very good at mimicking the odour of ants in order to run amok in the nests of their hosts, gorging themselves on eggs, larvae and pupae. This is the sort of behaviour we’ve come to expect from ground beetles, the …