Conspicuous stripes on prey capture attention and reduce attacks by foraging jumping spiders

Many animals avoid predation using aposematic displays that pair toxic/dangerous defences with conspicuous achromatic warning patterns, such as high-contrast stripes. To understand how these prey defences work, we need to understand the decision-making of visual predators. Here we gave two species o...

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Published in:	Royal Society Open Science
Main Authors:	Lauren Gawel, Erin C. Powell, Michelle Brock, Lisa A. Taylor
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Royal Society 2023-11-01
Subjects:	salticidae achromatic contrast aposematism predator–prey interactions warning colours warning patterns
Online Access:	https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230907