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

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

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

4 Adaptations for attracting prey Snapping Turtle Angler fish

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

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

7 Disruptive coloration

8 Cryptic Coloration

9 Warning coloration

10 Batesian Mimicry

11 Mullerian Mimicry Monarch butterfly Viceroy butterfly

12 Automimcry

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


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