When constraints on antipredator coloration shift over the course of development,it can be advantageous for animals to adopt different color strategies for each life stage.Many caterpillars in the genus Papilio exhibi...
The diversity of anti-predator adaptations in the natural world has long been an active area of research in evolutionary and behavioural biology. A common visually-obvious feature found on prey are 'eyespots', being...
Organisms often evolve behaviours that increase or reinforce the protection from predators afforded by their morpho- logical defences. For example, mimetic animals may adopt postures or locomotory behaviours that emul...
supported by a Research Fellowship from Girton College,Cambridge,and a Royal Society Research Grant;by an Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Undergraduate Project Scholarship;by a Nuffield Undergraduate Science Bursary;by a Department of Zoology J Arthur Ramsay Trust Fund
Many animals are marked with conspicuous circular features often called 'eyespots', which intimidate predators, preventing or halting an attack. It has long been assumed that eyespots work by mimicking the eyes of l...