Question

A summery for Critical parasitic relationship between ants and endangered butterflies study case

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Explanation:

The big blue butterfly was an extinct species in the UK. Scientists wanted to find the missing pieces to be able to bring it back. They found out that they were thymus and myrmica that could help the big blue butterfly come back from extinction.  

Red ants eat all kinds of butterflies but doesn’t eat the caterpillar (butterfly’s babies). The big blue butterfly used a smart and sneaky idea by keeping their babies with the red ants. The caterpillar tries to mimic the sound and smell of the red ants’ child when they get adopted by them. The red ant then takes the caterpillar inside the nest to feed and live there. The caterpillar leads a predatory life eating the ants’ own larvae until it transforms to a pupa. Ants are important to butterflies, if the grass is too long, they move out. So, without sheep to keep the grass short, there won’t be any ants.