BIOL 1902 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Actias Luna, Papilio Cresphontes, Tettigoniidae
22 Feb 2016
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Angle-winged butterfly (eastern comma, question mark: resemble dead leaves (dead leaf mimic) Angle-winged butterfly (morning cloak) receive minerals from excrements. Dead leaf mimicry (masquerade) e. g. dark marathyssa moth: e. g. Datana moth rolls wings when on ground to mimic rolled dead leaf. Diachrysia balluca when looked at from above, the inside looks hollow. Luna moth (live leaf mimic: hide in leaves of the canopy, wings blow in wind just like live leaves. Caterpillar uses masquerade: hides during daytime, twig mimicry, e. g. Walking stick bug: often feed at night (that"s why attracted to home screens at night, twig mimics. Cryptic insects resembling thorns, prickles, spikes, etc. Imperial moth caterpillar feeds on pine needles (mimics a pinecone?) Camouflaged looper (inchworm/caterpillar) adds plants onto body to camouflage: when spider comes to touch the caterpillar, it touches plants on caterpillar"s body, so figures that wasn"t food. Frothy material helps them in hot weather.
