Foraging – looking for food Behavioral ecology – the study behavior from an ecological and evolutionary perspective.

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Foraging – looking for food Behavioral ecology – the study behavior from an ecological and evolutionary perspective

Predator-prey interactions Sit and wait Spiders Snakes Site choice important Active searching/pursuit Tarantula Scorpions Wasps bats

Adaptations for attracting prey Snapping Turtle Angler fish

Anti-predatory behavior and adaptations Camouflage Disruptive coloration Cryptic coloration Warning coloration Mimicry Batesian Mullerian Automimicry Aggressive mimicry

Herbivores Grazers Like sit and wait More sedentary Tend to have specialization of food choices Browsers More actively search out food

Disruptive coloration

Cryptic Coloration

Warning coloration

Batesian Mimicry

Mullerian Mimicry Monarch butterfly Viceroy butterfly

Automimcry

Assassin bug mimics the vibrations of an insect caught in a spider web to lure the spider to it.