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- Title
Antipredator behavior by a nesting hummingbird in response to a caterpillar with eyespots.
- Authors
Marden, James H.; Pérez Carrillo, José Freiner
- Abstract
The article focuses on the antipredatory behavior of nesting humming birds to prevent attacks by caterpillar with eyespots. Topics discussed include Oxytenis modestia moths which resemble dry leaves, and can inflate to resemble a green parrot snake with eyespots, eyespots are helpful to repel predators, and behavioral mimicry of animals and insects.
- Subjects
HUMMINGBIRDS; PREDATION; CATERPILLARS -- Adaptation; IMITATIVE behavior; INSECT anatomy
- Publication
Ecology, 2019, Vol 100, Issue 4, pN.PAG
- ISSN
0012-9658
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ecy.2582