BIOL 1902 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Swallowtail Butterfly, Antheraea Polyphemus, Sphingidae
26 Feb 2013
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When camouflage and cryptic behaviour fails, some animals have a second defence or plan b : Startle patterns: bright colours and patterns that when exposed startle the predator giving time for the animal to escape. Examples: bright yellow on inside of legs of gray tree frog. Huge eye-spots on io moth and polyphemus moth hind wings. Distraction patterns: patterns that serve to distract or deflect a predator"s attention to a non-vital body part. These are often but not always startle patterns also. Deflection patterns: another name for distraction patterns that also serve this function. Some small butterflies have eye-spots and fake antennae on hind wings that serve as distraction or. Examples: hairstreak butterflies, also swallowtail butterflies; five-lined skink blue tail serves as to. Permanent eyespots (never hidden) can be used to fool a predator into thinking the animal is bigger than it really is. Disguise through behaviour: some animals add bits of environment to body to disguise:
