Comments on: Honor An Ant? http://blog.wildaboutants.com/2010/01/07/honor-an-ant/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:39:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Roberta http://blog.wildaboutants.com/2010/01/07/honor-an-ant/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Roberta Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:47:55 +0000 http://blog.wildaboutants.com/?p=562#comment-185 Yes, you've got it. That's why I put them in a blog about ants. If you are interested in learning more, I just looked into this in greater depth at http://blog.wildaboutants.com/2010/01/10/ants-and-blue-butterflies/ Yes, you’ve got it. That’s why I put them in a blog about ants.

If you are interested in learning more, I just looked into this in greater depth at http://blog.wildaboutants.com/2010/01/10/ants-and-blue-butterflies/

]]> By: JasonC http://blog.wildaboutants.com/2010/01/07/honor-an-ant/comment-page-1/#comment-183 JasonC Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:15:21 +0000 http://blog.wildaboutants.com/?p=562#comment-183 I know! Those are lycaenid butterflies, and their larvae often somehow or another are associated with ants. Some provide their particular species of ant with sugary secretions from a gland on their backside in exchange for protection, while others are predators of ant larvae inside the ant nests. I'm not an expert, just happened to know. :) I know! Those are lycaenid butterflies, and their larvae often somehow or another are associated with ants. Some provide their particular species of ant with sugary secretions from a gland on their backside in exchange for protection, while others are predators of ant larvae inside the ant nests.

I’m not an expert, just happened to know. :)

]]> By: Kate http://blog.wildaboutants.com/2010/01/07/honor-an-ant/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Kate Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:24:12 +0000 http://blog.wildaboutants.com/?p=562#comment-180 ok... so what DO these butterflies tell us about the importance of ants? ok… so what DO these butterflies tell us about the importance of ants?

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