First evidence for an aposematic function of a very common color pattern in small insects.

First evidence for an aposematic function of a very common color pattern in small insects.

Many small parasitoid wasps have a black head, an orange mesosoma and a black metasoma (BOB color pattern), which is usually present in both sexes. A likely function of this widespread pattern is aposematic (warning) coloration, but this has never been investigated. To test this hypothesis, we prese...

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Main Authors: Rebeca Mora-Castro, Marcela Alfaro-Córdoba, Marcela Hernández-Jiménez, Mauricio Fernández Otárola, Michael Méndez-Rivera, Didier Ramírez-Morales, Carlos E Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Andrés Durán-Rodríguez, Paul E Hanson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237288

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237288

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