These moths survive encounters with jumping spiders more often than controls. The moth (upper image) mimics jumping spiders (lower image) with wing markings, wing positioning, posture, and movement (drawing by Virginia Wagner). Brenthia moths are jumping spider mimics. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.įunding: This work was supported with the following awards to J.R.: Organization for Tropical Studies/Thompson Fellowship, University of Connecticut's Center for Conservation and Biodiversity Award, and three separate stipends from the University of Connecticut Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology's/Connecticut State Natural History Museum's DeCoursey, Penner, and Slater endowments.Ĭompeting interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.įigure 1. Received: AugAccepted: OctoPublished: December 20, 2006Ĭopyright: © 2006 Rota, Wagner. PLoS ONE 1(1):Īcademic Editor: Tom Tregenza, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, United Kingdom Citation: Rota J, Wagner DL (2006) Predator Mimicry: Metalmark Moths Mimic Their Jumping Spider Predators.
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