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Welcome to a Wednesday edition of Cool Stuff Daily. My name's Marcus Paff thanking you for being right here.

And on this episode, we're talking insect communication. And not just that, intraspecy insect communication.

And how are they doing it? Well, it all comes back to being able to keep a rhythm. Details on the way. And now a story

from science news and author Jake Bueller. Some caterpillars speak ant, believe it or not, by rocking to a

beat. By jiggling like a cell phone, receiving a call while on vibrate, the caterpillars cozy up to

ants, reaping benefits for them both.

The findings published February 25th in the journal Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

suggests that the ability to keep a beat might be more widespread in the animal kingdom than

researchers thought. Many caterpillars in the gossamer

winged butterfly family are myrmicophilus or ant-loving. These larvae have evolved close relationships

with ants, including pavement ants in the genus Tetramorium and those in the genus Myarmica.

The degree and type of relationship varies.

Some caterpillars receive food or protection from ants.

Others are fully considered ant brood and adopted into the nest.

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