Predator and prey views of spider camouflage.

by: M Théry, J Casas

Nature, Vol. 415, No. 6868. (10 January 2002)

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Abstract

Crab-spiders (Thomisus onustus) positioned for hunting on flowers disguise themselves by assuming the same colour as the flower, a strategy that is assumed to fool both bird predators and insect prey. But although this mimicry is obvious to the human observer, it has never been examined with respect to different visual systems. Here we show that when female crab-spiders mimic different flower species, they are simultaneously cryptic in the colour-vision systems of both bird predators and hymenopteran prey.

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TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1457010 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1457010 TI - Predator and prey views of spider camouflage. JF - Nature VL - 415 IS - 6868 AD - Laboratoire d'Ecologie Générale, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 8571, 91800 Brunoy, France. thery@mnhn.fr SN - 0028-0836 N2 - Crab-spiders (Thomisus onustus) positioned for hunting on flowers disguise themselves by assuming the same colour as the flower, a strategy that is assumed to fool both bird predators and insect prey. But although this mimicry is obvious to the human observer, it has never been examined with respect to different visual systems. Here we show that when female crab-spiders mimic different flower species, they are simultaneously cryptic in the colour-vision systems of both bird predators and hymenopteran prey. KW - camouflage KW - insects KW - predator AU - Théry, M AU - Casas, J PY - 2002/01/10/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/415133a ER -

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