They played the beetle sounds for individual ants, and observed how the ants acted. To test the behavior of ants in response to the beetle sounds, the researchers ran a playback experiment.

They compared these values to the pulses that the spy beetles make, and found that the sounds were very similar.

The researchers measured how long the pulses were, how often they were made, and how loud each pulse was. When ants from this species make sound, it occurs in pulses. The sounds made by each of the three main castes within the colony (workers, soldiers, and queens)В are different, so they recorded all three of the sounds. They also recorded the sounds that ants and the beetles make with these organs. They took very detailed microscopic images of the organs that each organism uses to make sound to see how similar the sound-producing organs were between species. They kept the ant colonies in man-made nests, along with the beetles. In the PLOS ONE article titled, вЂњThe Pied Piper: A Parasitic BeetleвЂ™s Melodies Modulate Ant BehaviorsвЂќ, this tale of deceit is explained through careful scientific investigation. Sound too hard? Well, there is one invader who has mastered their language, and even more. What's more, there are three separate groups in the society and you would have to match the smell and sound of all three groups at the same time. You'd also have to produce a special sound with your hands. To join the society, you'd have to be able to produce the same smell as those who live in the society. This allows them to recognize intruders and remove them from their home. Members of the society вЂњtalkвЂќ in a secret code. In the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, there is a small, heavily guarded underground society. The High Atlas mountains are in central Morocco, a country located on the northwest corner of Africa.

The ants that have been invaded by the master ant spy are found in the High Atlas mountains.

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