... as colony members by worker ants, but that caterpillars and pupae of both predatory and cuckoo butterflies employ acoustical mimicry of queen ant calls to elevate their status towards the highest attainable position within their host's social hierarchy. Author for correspondence ( simona.bonelli...

... that acoustic predators probably exert potent and fine-scaled selective forces on acoustic mimicry complexes. * Author for correspondence at present address: Colorado State University,Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Fort Collins, CO 80523,USA (e-mail: [email protected]...