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Post by lepidofrance on Jan 2, 2013 7:03:56 GMT -8
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Post by lepidofrance on Jan 2, 2013 12:39:36 GMT -8
 From a visitor : "The successive phases of the behavior of the female are perfectly readable (without falling into anthropomorphism): 1) First, she confronts the ant while trying to hide her eggs; 2) Then, she scares the ant thanks to its fairly elaborate parade of intimidation; 3) Then she moves away when her eggs (M. Belloin intuition was there to stay and wait, bravo!  ) 4) She comes back and check carefully on the plant without any ant before laying closer to her; 5) She decides to deposit safely some additional eggs. We do not know if there's a sequel to the story, especially if the ant comes along well ... Anyway intimidation was effective!" 
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Post by lepidofrance on Jan 11, 2013 1:47:11 GMT -8
video : Perrhybris female and ant. Rain forest near Saul in French Guyane (November, 2012). Attachments:
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Post by wollastoni on Jan 11, 2013 2:50:09 GMT -8
VERY VERY impressive !
First time I heard about a lep intimidating an ant + protecting its eggs.
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Post by anthony on Jan 12, 2013 5:11:24 GMT -8
A amazing encounter beautifully captured on film, nature is incredible. Thanks for the posting.
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Post by mokky on Jan 12, 2013 17:41:04 GMT -8
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Post by nomad on Jan 14, 2013 9:18:04 GMT -8
 Brilliant filming. Very strange behaviour. nomad
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Post by lepidofrance on Jan 25, 2013 3:13:39 GMT -8
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