serve functions in addition to mimicry; indeed, it is unclear whether they actually mimic eyes. There is evidence that eyespots in butterflies are antipredator...
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'tails' or eyespots on their wings that mimic their own heads, misdirecting predator dupes to strike harmlessly. Many other types of mimicry exist. Use...
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Eyespot can mean: Eyespot (mimicry), a color mark that looks somewhat like an eye Eyespot, a sensory organ of invertebrates; see simple eye in invertebrates...
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Müllerian mimicry is a natural phenomenon in which two or more well-defended species, often foul-tasting and sharing common predators, have come to mimic...
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visible next to the hamsa. Eye of Providence God's eye Evil eye Darśana Eyespot (mimicry) Görece, Menderes Hamsa Namkha Nazar battu Mezuzah Skandola Ta'wiz...
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off the evil eye, especially in the form of a pin placed on infants Eyespot (mimicry) – as found in living organisms Fatima's hand – a palm-shaped amulet...
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coincident Eyespot (mimicry) Mimicry Structural coloration Underwater camouflage Related topics Animal senses Blindness in animals Eyespot apparatus Feature...
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and low-profile life.[citation needed] Anasyrma Azusa yumi Exorcism Eyespot (mimicry) Hama yumi Hamsa Hoko (doll) Jack-o'-lantern Mezuzah Noa-name – Word...
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coincident Eyespot (mimicry) Mimicry Structural coloration Underwater camouflage Related topics Animal senses Blindness in animals Eyespot apparatus Feature...
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lamprey has well-developed eyes, while the hagfish has only primitive eyespots. The ancestors of modern hagfish, thought to be the protovertebrate, were...
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In evolutionary biology, mimicry in vertebrates is mimicry by a vertebrate of some model (an animal, not necessarily a vertebrate), deceiving some other...
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Automimicry (redirect from Browerian mimicry)
In zoology, automimicry, Browerian mimicry, or intraspecific mimicry, is a form of mimicry in which the same species of animal is imitated. There are...
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Animal coloration (category Mimicry)
signal their sexual status to other members of the same species; and in mimicry, taking advantage of the warning coloration of another species. Some animals...
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responses to the eyespot stimuli lend support to the eye mimicry hypothesis as they indicated that the avian predator sensed that the eyespots belonged to...
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Saddleback caterpillar (section Mimicry)
Thomas John; Sherratt, Thomas N. (2013-08-01). "Defensive posture and eyespots deter avian predators from attacking caterpillar models". Animal Behaviour...
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most notable feature of the moth is its large, purplish eyespots on its two hindwings. The eyespots give it its name – from the Greek myth of the cyclops...
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coincident Eyespot (mimicry) Mimicry Structural coloration Underwater camouflage Related topics Animal senses Blindness in animals Eyespot apparatus Feature...
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Predation (section Camouflage and mimicry)
and cut up their prey. Other adaptations include stealth and aggressive mimicry that improve hunting efficiency. Predation has a powerful selective effect...
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Aposematism (section Mimicry)
Wallace's concept of warning coloration. Aposematism is exploited in Müllerian mimicry, where species with strong defences evolve to resemble one another. By...
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Müllerian mimicry. Giant swallowtail caterpillar everting its osmeterium in defence; it is also mimetic, resembling a bird dropping. Eyespots of speckled...
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Limenitis arthemis (section Batesian mimicry)
cosmopolitan genus Limenitis. It has been studied for its evolution of mimicry, and for the several stable hybrid wing patterns within this nominal species;...
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Defense in insects (category Mimicry)
context of geographic sympatry. Mimicry is divided into two parts, Batesian mimicry and Müllerian mimicry. In Batesian mimicry, an aposematic inedible model...
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Deception in animals (category Mimicry)
deception in animals. At the first level, as with protective mimicry like false eyespots and camouflage, the action or display is inbuilt. At the second...
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threatening or startling behaviour, such as suddenly displaying conspicuous eyespots, so as to scare off or momentarily distract a predator, thus giving the...
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Caudal luring (category Mimicry)
Caudal luring is a form of aggressive mimicry characterized by the waving or wriggling of the predator's tail to attract prey. This movement attracts...
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Callosamia promethea (section Mimicry)
overlap in activity for a few hours in the early evening. The males use mimicry of the poisonous pipevine swallowtail butterfly as a form of protection...
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Deilephila elpenor (section Eyespots)
defensive posture emphasises the eyespots and makes it more conspicuous. Some research have suggested that this allows the eyespots of the caterpillar to resemble...
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Research by Martin Stevens et al. (2008), however, suggests that eyespots are not a form of mimicry and do not deter predators because they look like eyes. Rather...
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combination of eyespots and osmeterium makes the caterpillar resemble a snake. Since adults are palatable, dark morph females use Batesian mimicry to protect...
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Underwater camouflage (redirect from Underwater camouflage and mimicry)
decorator crabs; mimicry by animals such as the leafy sea dragon; countershading by many fish including sharks; distraction with eyespots by many fish; active...
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