serve functions in addition to mimicry; indeed, it is unclear whether they actually mimic eyes. There is evidence that eyespots in butterflies are antipredator...

evolutionary biology, mimicry is an evolved resemblance between an organism and another object, often an organism of another species. Mimicry may evolve between...

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...

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...

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...

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...

coincident Eyespot (mimicry) Mimicry Structural coloration Underwater camouflage Related topics Animal senses Blindness in animals Eyespot apparatus Feature...

and low-profile life.[citation needed] Anasyrma Azusa yumi Exorcism Eyespot (mimicry) Hama yumi Hamsa Hoko (doll) Jack-o'-lantern Mezuzah Noa-name – Word...

coincident Eyespot (mimicry) Mimicry Structural coloration Underwater camouflage Related topics Animal senses Blindness in animals Eyespot apparatus Feature...

lamprey has well-developed eyes, while the hagfish has only primitive eyespots. The ancestors of modern hagfish, thought to be the protovertebrate, were...

In evolutionary biology, mimicry in vertebrates is mimicry by a vertebrate of some model (an animal, not necessarily a vertebrate), deceiving some other...

In zoology, automimicry, Browerian mimicry, or intraspecific mimicry, is a form of mimicry in which the same species of animal is imitated. There are...

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...

Thomas John; Sherratt, Thomas N. (2013-08-01). "Defensive posture and eyespots deter avian predators from attacking caterpillar models". Animal Behaviour...

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...

(mimesis). In Batesian mimicry, harmless animals may appear to be distasteful or poisonous. In automimicry, animals may have eyespots in less important parts...

Wallace's concept of warning coloration. Aposematism is exploited in Müllerian mimicry, where species with strong defences evolve to resemble one another. By...

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...

coincident Eyespot (mimicry) Mimicry Structural coloration Underwater camouflage Related topics Animal senses Blindness in animals Eyespot apparatus Feature...

and cut up their prey. Other adaptations include stealth and aggressive mimicry that improve hunting efficiency. Predation has a powerful selective effect...

Müllerian mimicry. Giant swallowtail caterpillar everting its osmeterium in defence; it is also mimetic, resembling a bird dropping. Eyespots of speckled...

Research of 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...

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...

cosmopolitan genus Limenitis. It has been studied for its evolution of mimicry, and for the several stable hybrid wing patterns within this nominal species;...

context of geographic sympatry. Mimicry is divided into two parts, Batesian mimicry and Müllerian mimicry. In Batesian mimicry, an aposematic inedible model...

threatening or startling behaviour, such as suddenly displaying conspicuous eyespots, so as to scare off or momentarily distract a predator, thus giving the...

advantage confusing or frightening potential predators. The eyespots are a form of self-mimicry, in which one part of the body has adapted to mimic another...

combination of eyespots and osmeterium makes the caterpillar resemble a snake. Since adults are palatable, dark morph females use Batesian mimicry to protect...

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...

made the "groundbreaking" discovery that this same gene determines the eyespot pattern in butterfly wings, showing that toolbox genes can change their...