Acrodipsas myrmecophila

7 Small Ant-blue Butterfly at suppressed

Acrodipsas myrmecophila at suppressed - 9 Dec 2021
Acrodipsas myrmecophila at suppressed - 9 Dec 2021
Acrodipsas myrmecophila at suppressed - 9 Dec 2021
Acrodipsas myrmecophila at suppressed - 9 Dec 2021
Acrodipsas myrmecophila at suppressed - 9 Dec 2021
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Acrodipsas myrmecophila 11 Dec 2021 SuziBond
Acrodipsas myrmecophila 11 Dec 2021 RAllen

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9 larvae 1 adult male hatching T16 H76

3 comments

Christine wrote:
   12 Dec 2021
Fabulous photos Richard, and great to know that the eggs are successfully hatching this year :)
PeterS wrote:
   13 Dec 2021
That's pretty exciting, not many people would have seen these hatching in the wild. Did you observe their behaviour at all - did they crawl into the ant nest or were they carried by the ants?
owenh wrote:
   23 May 2022
Just noticed this one Richard. Great timing!

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  • Larvae Breeding behaviour

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