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Veritasium visited the MIT Robotics Lab to see how researchers use the same mechanics as an insect for their miniature flying robots.

This rare blow fly species has larvae that fit right in with the termites down to copying their odor.

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According to the team, the relationship between the blow fly larvae and termites appears to be some form of social parasitism ...