May 2015: Marie Herbenstein, deception and disguise of orchid mantis and owl butterflies with @jamohanlon @JohannaMappes and @SebaDeBona The Behavioural Ecology and Evolution Podcast (the Beepcast)
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- Natural Sciences
This month I’m joined by special guest James O’Hanlon from the Australian museum in Sydney for a deception and disguise special. James tells me about his PhD research on mantids that trick bees by mimicking flowers - or do they?! And we discuss a new paper showing that butterfly eyepsots might really be mimicking the eyes of a predator’s own predator. In the Scientific spark I talk to Marie Herbenstein, from Macquarie University in Sydney, who tells me that things might have not gone the way they have if she’d chosen a different research project!
Download the MP3
The owl butterfly Photo Credit: 1funny.com
Quicklinks:
James O'Hanlon's webpage
Predator mimicry, not conspicuousness, explains the efficacy of butterfly eyespots
Marie Herbenstein's webpage
This month I’m joined by special guest James O’Hanlon from the Australian museum in Sydney for a deception and disguise special. James tells me about his PhD research on mantids that trick bees by mimicking flowers - or do they?! And we discuss a new paper showing that butterfly eyepsots might really be mimicking the eyes of a predator’s own predator. In the Scientific spark I talk to Marie Herbenstein, from Macquarie University in Sydney, who tells me that things might have not gone the way they have if she’d chosen a different research project!
Download the MP3
The owl butterfly Photo Credit: 1funny.com
Quicklinks:
James O'Hanlon's webpage
Predator mimicry, not conspicuousness, explains the efficacy of butterfly eyespots
Marie Herbenstein's webpage