This Bug's Form of Defense? Synchronized Wiggling
This group of sawfly larvae banded together as a strange but effective method of defense. National Geographic Explorer Aaron Pomerantz found the cluster in Tabopata, Peru. The closer Pomerantz got with his camera, the more the sawflies wiggled. He believes that they could be moving in unison to appear larger to potential predators. Pomerantz: "One lone sawfly might be quickly picked off by a hungry bird or spider, so being in a large tight-knit group could help them survive attacks.” Surviving alone in the wild is hard. But there is always strength in numbers.
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This group of sawfly larvae banded together as a strange but effective method of defense.
National Geographic Explorer Aaron Pomerantz found the cluster in Tabopata, Peru.
The closer Pomerantz got with his camera, the more the sawflies wiggled.
He believes that they could be moving in unison to appear larger to potential predators.
Pomerantz: "One lone sawfly might be quickly picked off by a hungry bird or spider, so being in a large tight-knit group could help them survive attacks.”
Surviving alone in the wild is hard. But there is always strength in numbers.
