BIOL 1902 Lecture Notes - Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio Cresphontes, Autotomy
21 Mar 2014
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Gray tree frog; startle pattern; bright yellow under the legs. Giant swallowtail; startle pattern (structures); osmetaria; snakes tongue physical and chemical; bad smell is touched. Beaver; startle sound; slap the water with tail; also to warn other members of danger. Startle pattern hidden until necessary; not all eye spots are! Eyed elater; fake eye spots always on display. Tiger swallowtail caterpillar; fake eyes; eye spots; can make an animal look larger than life. Some butterflies; fake antennae and heads for distraction/deflection; eastern tailed blue; Swallowtail butterflies; fresh (all is there) giant swallowtail; tails can wear off. Five-lined skink; blue tail comes off and keep moving to distract the predator as it runs off; Staghorn sumac; open up gall; sumac gall aphids. Body armour; millipede, snails; can be made of calcium; turtles; map turtle; blanding"s turtle that can partially close their shell. Eastern tent caterpillar web; leave at night to eat the come back to web.
