Watch: Carnivorous undercover caterpillar tricks ants

While ants are usually the ones eating caterpillars, there are a few carnivorous caterpillars in the world that are masters of deception.

The caterpillar in this BBC One video , posted on Facebook, shows how a caterpillar releases a drop of honeydew from a gland on her back, encouraging a worker ant to tend to her. Honeydew is a secretion produced by certain insects that is sugar-rich and loved by ants.“Next, the caterpillar does something even more remarkable. She takes in air, inflating her body, and then releases it, making a sound that resembles the distress call of a queen ant.

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