Myrmica

After 6 years of research, scientists discovered that the life cycle of the butterfly was dependent on a particular species of ant called Myrmica sabuleti and this ant had disappeared.

TreeHugger 2009

After 6 years of research, scientists discovered that the life cycle of the butterfly was dependent on a particular species of ant called Myrmica sabuleti and this ant had disappeared.

TreeHugger 2009

Chemical mimicry and host specificity in the butterfly Maculinea rebeli, a social parasite of Myrmica ant colonies.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

Ants of the species Myrmica schencki can be fooled into carrying certain caterpillars into the colony nurseries where the fakers enjoy full care and five-star dining, and then turns into a Maculinea rebeli butterfly.

Archive 2009-02-01 Staq Mavlen 2009

Ants of the species Myrmica schencki can be fooled into carrying certain caterpillars into the colony nurseries where the fakers enjoy full care and five-star dining, and then turns into a Maculinea rebeli butterfly.

How To Be King of The Giant Ants! Staq Mavlen 2009

Chemical mimicry and host specificity in the butterfly Maculinea rebeli, a social parasite of Myrmica ant colonies.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

Chemical mimicry and host specificity in the butterfly Maculinea rebeli, a social parasite of Myrmica ant colonies.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

Of the other kinds, he isolated two pairs of _Myrmica ruginodis_, and, though the males died, the queens lived and brought their offspring to perfection; and nearly a year after their captivity, Sir John Lubbock watched the first young workers carrying the larvæ about, thereby proving the accuracy of Huber's statement, with some species at least.

Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 Various

I can detect no specific difference between this and _Myrmica lævigata_, taken by myself in the neighbourhood of London; but it is not uncommonly met with in hothouses, near to which I captured my specimen.

Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

The singular form of the thorax of this species, as well as the construction of the nodes of the petiole, appear to indicate an uncharacterized division of the genus _Myrmica_.

Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various