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Colour and motion affect a dune wasp’s ability to detect its cryptic spider predators

Ambush predators depend on cryptic body colouration, stillness and a suitable hunting location to optimise the probability of prey capture. Detection of cryptic predators, such as crab spiders, by flower seeking wasps may also be hindered by wind induced movement of the flowers themselves. In a beac...

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Autores principales: Rodríguez-Morales, Dulce, Tapia-McClung, Horacio, Robledo-Ospina, Luis E., Rao, Dinesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8322161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34326422
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94926-7