Calyce Metalmark

Description:

Caterpillars Synargis has been constantly being attacked by parasites (wasps) in my backyard, various larvae that hatch from their eggs (in Terminalia catappa), few complete their metamorphosis. I found something strange, thin, small, stuck on a branch of Terminalia catappa, host plant of Synargis. Thought to be a type of beetle, but it was a cocoon, seemingly dry. Nothing could be alive inside. I took photos and despised the ugly cocoon in the corner on the inside of my bedroom window. The next morning, there was my lesson: in the glass for window, eager to be what it is - a small butterfly.

Habitat:

In my backyard, hosting T.catappa.

Notes:

● Observei borboletas Synargis realizando postura dos ovos em Terminalia catappa (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/256...). Os ovos são brancos e esféricos, não lisos. / I watched butterflies the species Synargis laying eggs in T. catappa.

● Apesar de serem protegidas por formigas do gênero Camponotus (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/270...) (Mirmecofilia), larvas Synargis foram infestadas por um tipo de vespa desconhecida por mim. (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/274...) / Despite being protected by ants of the genus Camponotus (myrmecophily), Synargis larvae, were infested with a type of wasp unknown by me.

● Larvas Synargis são mirmecófilas, sendo cuidadas (Myrmecophily) por formigas do gênero Camponotus (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/212...). As mesmas formigas mantendo-se junto à pupa. / Larvae Synargis pittheus are myrmecophilous, are being cared for (Myrmecophily) by ants of the genus Camponotus. Ants protect larvae from predatory insects (including other ants) and parasitoid wasps, which lay their eggs in the bodies of many species of Lepidoptera larvae. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecophil...)