Increased speed of movement reduced identification of Batesian ant-mimicking spiders by surrogate predators

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F21%3A00119296" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/21:00119296 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-021-01517-0" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-021-01517-0</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-021-01517-0" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10071-021-01517-0</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Increased speed of movement reduced identification of Batesian ant-mimicking spiders by surrogate predators

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In Batesian mimicry, the mimic gains protection from predators by imitating a noxious model. Some myrmecomorphic species use ants as models as ants have strong defensive capabilities. Ants are highly mobile models, and besides colour, shape, and size, mimics also imitate their movement. Yet, former studies focused mainly on static traits. Here, I tested the hypothesis that artificially increased speed of movement reduces the probability of the mimic being identified. First, images of 14 myrmecomorphic spider species and their models were used for humans to rank their mimetic accuracy. Humans were used as surrogate predators to obtain scores for each mimetic pair. In the second experiment, the effect of movement playback speed on the probability of identification was investigated, again using humans. Videos of mimics were played at different speeds, and the identification probability was recorded. While ants were correctly identified at any playback speed, the identification of myrmecomorphic spiders declined with increasing playback speed. In other words, the latency to correct identification increased with playback speed. Overall, mimics with higher accuracy scores were more difficult to identify while moving. The natural speed of movement of accurate mimics was similar to that of inaccurate ones. Movement is thus an important trait for myrmecomorphic species.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Increased speed of movement reduced identification of Batesian ant-mimicking spiders by surrogate predators

Popis výsledku anglicky

In Batesian mimicry, the mimic gains protection from predators by imitating a noxious model. Some myrmecomorphic species use ants as models as ants have strong defensive capabilities. Ants are highly mobile models, and besides colour, shape, and size, mimics also imitate their movement. Yet, former studies focused mainly on static traits. Here, I tested the hypothesis that artificially increased speed of movement reduces the probability of the mimic being identified. First, images of 14 myrmecomorphic spider species and their models were used for humans to rank their mimetic accuracy. Humans were used as surrogate predators to obtain scores for each mimetic pair. In the second experiment, the effect of movement playback speed on the probability of identification was investigated, again using humans. Videos of mimics were played at different speeds, and the identification probability was recorded. While ants were correctly identified at any playback speed, the identification of myrmecomorphic spiders declined with increasing playback speed. In other words, the latency to correct identification increased with playback speed. Overall, mimics with higher accuracy scores were more difficult to identify while moving. The natural speed of movement of accurate mimics was similar to that of inaccurate ones. Movement is thus an important trait for myrmecomorphic species.

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CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10614 - Behavioral sciences biology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA19-09323S" target="_blank" >GA19-09323S: Mimetické komplexy a evoluce nepřesných mimetiků</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Animal Cognition

ISSN

1435-9448

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

24

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

6

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

1247-1257

Kód UT WoS článku

000646538100001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85105411280