# Episode 414 – Mountain Alcon Blue: Ant-Agonist

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Podcast: [Life, Death, and Taxonomy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-death-and-taxonomy-228276)
Published: 2026-04-04T16:55:10+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2430

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“…and today we’re talking about a bug adoption. But more on that later.” The insect world is a terrifying one. It’s a bug-eat-bug world out there. Some deal with it by being bigger, faster, stronger, or more numerous. Others have subtler ways of staying alive. The Mountain Alcon Blue caterpillar dons a clever disguise, not […]

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