Researchers found that the Moroccan fly maggot, a previously unknown type of fly larva, had developed butts that look like termite heads.
A NEW type of fly maggot has evolved fake faces on their rear-ends as a clever tactic to infiltrate the nests of their prey, a new study has found.
The aim of this masked seduction is to trick harvester termites into thinking the fly larvae are part of their colony, according to research published in the journal Current Biology.
It requires the maggot to act like a termite - and even smell like a termite.
"In addition, the larvae and termites in a particular colony have slight differences in their chemical profile that differentiate them from other termite mounds.
