Comb Ant - Comb Ant

Japanese: クシケアリ - くしけあり
Comb Ant - Comb Ant

…The female lays eggs on the flower spikes of the burnet plant, and the hatched larvae feed on the flowers. When they reach the third stage, they are carried into the nest by ants of the genus Combella, and thereafter develop by feeding on the ant larvae, which the ants lick up the fluid secreted by the butterfly larvae. They emerge in the ant nest the following year. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Comb Ant" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…雌はワレモコウの花穂に産卵し,孵化(ふか)した幼虫はその花を食べて育つ。3齢になるとクシケアリ属のアリによってその巣の中に運ばれ,以後,アリの幼虫を食べて発育し,アリはこのチョウの幼虫が分泌する液をなめる。翌年アリの巣中で羽化する。…

※「クシケアリ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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