Multi-trait mimicry of ants by a parasitoid wasp

Many animals avoid attack from predators through toxicity or the emission of repellent chemicals. Defensive mimicry has evolved in many species to deceive shared predators, for instance through colouration and other morphological adaptations, but mimicry hardly ever seems to involve multi-trait simi...

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Main Authors: Malcicka, Miriama, Bezemer, T. Martijn, Visser, Bertanne, Bloemberg, Mark, Snart, Charles J.P., Hardy, Ian C.W., Harvey, Jeffrey A.
Format: Article
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41521/