FIGURES 45–48 in Natural history of the mistletoe-feeding Thereus lomalarga (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini) in Colombia

FIGURES 45–48. Crypsis, parasitoids, ants, and Coccidae. 45. 4 th instar camouflaged in the tip of an inflorescence. 46. The most common morpho-species of Campopleginae. 45a. Campopleginae cocoon inside cuticle of 3 rd instar of T. lomalarga. 47. 3 rd instar pre-molting larva (black arrow points to edge of segment T2) tended by Linephitema that also milks scale insects (white arrows). 48. Linephitema ants surround the larva of fig. 47 at the arrival of a Chalcidinae, which flies off. In spite of the defense by ants, this larva became parasitized by the same morpho-species of Chalcidinae.