Response of adult dragonflies to artificial prey of different size and colour.

Aposematism is an evolved, cross-species association between a preys' unprofitability and the presence of conspicuous signals. Avian predators have been widely employed to understand the evolution of these warning signals However, insect predators are abundant, diverse, and highly visual forage...

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Main Authors: Tammy M Duong, Ann B Gomez, Thomas N Sherratt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5491015?pdf=render