Two-headed butterfly vs. mantis: do false antennae matter?
2017年6月22日 · We found no differences in the number of butterflies being attacked and the number of butterflies escaping predation between both groups. However, our behavioural observations indicate that other aspects of the “false head” help C. xami survive some mantis attacks, supporting the notion that they are adaptations against predators.
Two-headed butterfly vs. mantis: do false antennae matter?
2017年6月22日 · We explored the role of hindwing tails (presumably mimicking antennae) in predator deception in the "false head" butterfly Callophrys xami. We exposed butterflies with intact wings and with hindwing tails experimentally ablated to female mantises (Stagmomantis limbata). We found no differences in the number of butterflies being attacked and the ...
Two-headed butterfly vs. mantis: Do false antennae matter?
2017年6月22日 · We found no differences in the number of butterflies being attacked and the number of butterflies escaping predation between both groups. However, our behavioural observations indicate that other...
Two-Headed Butterfly Vs. Mantis: Do False Antennae Matter?
Two-Headed Butterfly Vs. Mantis: Do False Antennae Matter? Enigmatic Liaisons in Lepidoptera: a Review of Same-Sex Courtship and Copulation in Butterflies and Moths
Two-headed butterfly vs. mantis: do false antennae matter?
2017年6月22日 · We found no differences in the number of butterflies being attacked and the number of butterflies escaping predation between both groups. However, our behavioural observations indicate that other aspects of the “false head” help C. xami survive some mantis attacks, supporting the notion that they are adaptations against predators.
Two-headed butterfly vs. mantis: do false antennae matter? - PeerJ
2017年3月4日 · We explored the role of hindwing tails (presumably mimicking antennae) in predator deception in the “false head” butterfly Callophrys xami. We exposed butterflies with intact wings and with hindwing tails experimentally ablated to female mantises (Stagmomantis limbata).
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2017年6月2日 · Evidence that the butterflies are behaving “normally” is the occurrence of hindwing movements. Evidence for the mantids is that they attacked the butterfly in 26 of 42 instances. The authors carefully set up a protocol so that each of the 42 times that a mantis and butterfly were put together was an independent event.
How Mantises Became Nature’s Strangest Assassins | AMNH
[A reddish-purple mantis moves one of its forelegs forward, revealing rows of dramatic spikes. A green mantis strikes at a large black and white butterfly, pulling it forward as it beats its wings.] WARE: Importantly, they also have these “raptorial” forelegs—spiky appendages that let them strike and hold prey.
We explored the role of hindwing tails (presumably mimicking antennae) in predator deception in the ``false head'' butterfly Callophrys xami. We exposed butterflies with intact wings and with hindwing tails experimentally ablated to female mantises (Stagmomantis limbata).
Praying Mantids | Piedmont Master Gardeners
2024年2月5日 · Many refer to a member of this insect group as “praying mantis” but mantis refers to the specific genus, while the term mantid refers to a larger group of insects that appear to be praying when at rest. This creature looks quite tranquil, sitting quietly with its praying pose, forelegs upraised, camouflaged, waiting for some unsuspecting ...
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