“Most termites live several meters deep and have no visual perception. However, harvester termites come out at dusk to ...

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant ...

In the mountains of the Anti-Atlas in Morocco, a fly larva has developed a camouflage strategy that is as surprising as it is effective. Thanks to a "mask" resembling a termite head on its posterior ...

This rare blow fly species has larvae that fit right in with the termites down to copying their odor.

According to the team, the relationship between the blow fly larvae and termites appears to be some form of social parasitism ...

The blowfly larvae bodies have evolved to closely resemble those of the termites, the researchers report February 10 in Current Biology. Inside the nest, termites recognize each other through touch, ...

For the first time ever, an international study led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), a joint centre of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (the Spanish National ...