BIOL 1902 Lecture Notes - Eastern Newt, Acer Saccharum, Handstand

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Masquerade: the body is formed into a shape non-animal like. **if background matching and mimickry do not succeed, there is plan b ** Bright colored patterns or eye spots that appear suddenly. Eg underwings: y at night, underwing is under cover. Eg polyphemus: big eye spots to startle attacker. Startle patterns are different so that they won t become habituate and won t startle anymore. Eg gray tree frogs: back part of leg is bright yellow. Eg grasshopper: (banned wing grasshopper) bands of color on the wings. Eg ring-necked snakes/red bellied snakes: underside is yellow/red. *all these patterns are made to scare attacker. *startle patterns are hidden until needed (not all eye spots are hidden, meaning they are not all startle patterns) Eg eyed elater: have fake eyes for deception and intimidation. Eg tiger swallowtail caterpillar: big eyes, seems to have fake eyes. Distract attacker (create distraction patterns to that speci c part of the body)

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