An international project explores why it's an evolutionary advantage that only 25 percent of the caterpillars of Maculinea rebeli, a Lycaenid butterfly whose caterpillars live as parasites inside ...

We develop a "case model" approach to investigate how conservation measures may affect the ecology of a community module, defined as a small number of tightly interacting species. The community module ...

With so many creatures facing extinction, it's heartening to read of the Large Blue butterfly's resurgence. One of six members of the Maculinea family, it was once found throughout England but had ...

Studying Maculinea alcon, a beautiful blue butterfly, in the marshes of Denmark, David R. Nash and colleagues found that Alcon butterflies fool Myrmica ants into raising their young, by having larvae ...

Large blue butterflies are notable for their rarity and ability to dupe ants, and they are endangered. A genetic reconstruction of how social parasitism evolved among them will overturn conservation ...

La Maculinea arion, también llamada hormiguera de lunares, es una mariposa muy peculiar. Se la llama así porque sus orugas viven en los hormigueros, donde se alimentan de larvas de hormigas. Se ...