The antipredator benefits of postural camouflage in peppered moth caterpillars

Abstract Camouflage is the most common form of antipredator defense, and is a textbook example of natural selection. How animals’ appearances prevent detection or recognition is well studied, but the role of prey behavior has received much less attention. Here we report a series of experiments with...

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Main Authors: Hannah M. Rowland, Robert P. Burriss, John Skelhorn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78686-4