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Figure 1. A. The stereotyped, raised body posture of a foraging Crematogaster ampla worker; B. the same raised body posture seen in a foraging worker of the turtle ant Cephalotes specularis when running in C. ampla foraging trails. Photo by Scott Powell.

Powell, S., Del-Claro, K., Feitosa, R.M. and C.R.F. Brandao. 2014. Mimicry and eavesdropping enable a new form of social parasitism in ants. American Naturalist 184:500-509. doi:10.1086/677927