Two heads are better than one: False head allows Calycopis cecrops (Lycaenidae) to escape predation by a Jumping Spider, Phidippus pulcherrimus (Salticidae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 47, Issue 15-16, 2013, Pages 1047-1054

  Sourakov, Andrei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

avoidance; butterfly; deception; predator; prey

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BUTTERFLY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; CALYCOPIS; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; PHIDIPPUS; SALTICIDAE; SAURURACEAE; SQUAMATA; THECLINAE;

EID: 84875935310     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.759288     Document Type: Article

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