Does defensive posture increase mimetic fidelity of caterpillars with eyespots to their putative snake models？.pdfVIP

CurrentZoology 60(1)：76-89，2014 Doesdefensivepostureincreasemimeticfidelityofcaterpillars witheyespotstotheirputativesnakemodels? ThomasJohnHOSSIE ，ThomasN．SHERRATT2 。Ottawa-CarletonInstituteofBiology CarletonUniversity,1125ColonelByDrive，Ottawa，ON，K1S5B6，Canada , DepartmentofBiology,CarletonUniversity,1125ColonelByDrive，Ottawa，ON，K 1S5B6，Canada Abstract Organismsoftenevolyebehavioursthatincreaseorreinforcehteprotectionfrom predatorsaffordedbyhteirmorpho— logicaldefences．Forexample．mimeticna imalsmayadoptpostureso