▁then ▁eat ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁h oney de w ▁that ▁the ▁sn ail ▁is ▁attempting ▁to ▁eat , ▁a ▁feed ing ▁relationship ▁which ▁can ▁be ▁described ▁as ▁kle pt ot roph ob ios is . ▁The ▁sn ails ▁appear ▁not ▁to ▁be ▁dist urbed ▁by ▁the ▁an ts ▁behavior , ▁and ▁continue ▁feed ing ▁at ▁a ▁bug ▁for ▁up ▁to ▁four ▁hours . ▁The ▁interaction ▁between ▁the ▁lan tern ▁bug ▁and ▁the ▁sn ail ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁first ▁documented ▁case ▁of ▁a ▁tro ph obi otic ▁interaction ▁between ▁an ▁insect ▁and ▁a ▁g ast rop od . ▁It ▁is ▁thought ▁this ▁relationship ▁could ▁have ▁evol ved ▁by ▁the ▁sn ail ▁first ▁feed ing ▁on ▁h oney de w ▁that ▁collected ▁on ▁leaves ▁beneath ▁the ▁feed ing ▁bug , ▁and ▁then ▁following ▁the ▁trail ▁up ▁to ▁find ▁the ▁bug ▁feed ing , ▁a ▁similar ▁mechanism ▁to ▁that ▁proposed ▁to ▁explain ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁similar ▁interactions ▁between ▁an ts ▁and ▁hom opter ans . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : A pha en inae ▁Category : In sect s ▁of ▁South ▁America ▁Category : In sect s ▁described ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 7 <0x0A> </s> ▁Al ▁Ross ▁may ▁refer ▁to : ▁ ▁Al ▁Ross ▁( cart oon ist ); ▁see ▁Ar len ▁Roth ▁Al ▁Ross ▁( bus iness man ), ▁owner ▁of ▁Dog gie ▁D iner ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁Albert ▁Ross ▁( disambiguation ) ▁Alfred ▁Ross ▁( disambiguation ) <0x0A> </s> ▁H . ▁H . ▁Mah ar ani ▁Sah ib ▁R ases hw