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This Life History was done in March April 2010,There were three caterpillars, all of them well escorted by Red Fiery Ants,But two of them were found parasitised (see picture) after a week.
It was observed that oakblue caterpillars unattended by ants were perished while moulting even if they were well fed in between,the reason might be the absence of the help the ants are giving them.
Anyway this could not be concluded before systematic study and observations .Though ants attend lycaenid caterpillars generally, REDSPOT (Zesius chrysomallus) and OAKBLUE (Arhopala sp) are attended by fiery ants only,as far as I know the caterpillars of them doesnt survive moulting without the attendence of Red Fiery Ants.
the sharp pincers must be the helping hand!
I havent seen any caterpillars feeding on Ant nymphs at any stage
and interestingly, Ants attrending caterpillars were always less offensive
In this particular case two out of the three caterpillars were infected which means ants were not giving cent percent protection to caterpillars from parasetoids
The Hostplant was Terminalia sp,the cats were feeding on tender to half matured leaves

The all my friends that on this year they passed for here my more sincere gratitude. It is really fantastic to live this time of development of the technology and to have the opportunity to relate with people of everybody. I make votes to have a great new Year, with health, peace, accomplishments, dreams and mainly many colored moments, as of the drawing above. THAT 2008 ENRICH the HISTORY OF Each one OF YOU.

A todos os meus amigos que neste ano passaram por aqui o meu mais sincero agradecimento. E realmente fantastico viver esta epoca de desenvolvimento da tecnologia e ter a oportunidade de se relacionar com pessoas de todo mundo.
Faco votos que todos tenham um otimo Ano novo, com saude, paz, realizacoes, sonhos e principalmente muitos momentos coloridos, como do desenho acima.
QUE 2008 ENRIQUECA A HISTORIA DE CADA UM DE VOCES.