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Butterfly and Ant Songs

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 12:58 pm
by Chris Pickford
I've been pressed into giving a presentation in a few weeks time about local wildlife in which I wanted to put a few pics of Green Hairstreaks and Adonis Blues, plus close-ups of the ants that they interact with.

Does anyone know of a source for recordings of the "songs" that the larvae and pupae use to "call" ants to them, and to interact with them (I'm sure there'ds a website somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it....)? I want to use the songs as a sound backdrop for part of the presentation (with suitable acknowledgements, of course). I assume that, because of the frequencies and sound levels, recording such songs is a highly specialised business.....

Chris.

Re: Butterfly and Ant Songs

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 2:18 pm
by Dave McCormick
Not sure if this will help, but this podcast might help you: http://www.scientificamerican.com/podca ... i-09-02-06 you can download it too and it has a sort noise the caterpillar makes