Hiding in the grass: Background matching conceals moths (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from detection by spider eyes (Araneae: Salticidae)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-214

  Jackson, Robert R ^a   Moss, Rebecca ^a   Pollard, Simon D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anti predator defence; Araneae; Crambidae; Salticidae

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GRASS; MOTH; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; CRAMBIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MARPISSA; PYRALIDAE; SALTICIDAE; TRITE PLANICEPS;

EID: 33750209967     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2006.9518447     Document Type: Article

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