futurebird ,
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Termitophilous rove beetles live with termites in Australia. In order to solicit food from the termites the beetle has evolved a rear end that looks like a termite which it uses like a puppet to solicit food from it's hapless hosts.

Rove beetles also mess with ants in a similar way, although nothing this elaborate.

(If we had to name an insect after George Santos...)

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5336.3.8

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