Publication details
Do ladybird spiders really mimic ladybird beetles?
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society |
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| Citation | |
| Web | https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-abstract/126/1/168/5210438?redirectedFrom=fulltext |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly152 |
| Keywords | aposematism; Araneae; Batesian mimicry; Coccinellidae; Eresus |
| Description | We therefore aimed to identify potential models of two ladybird spider species, the spring-breeding Eresus moravicus and the autumn-breeding Eresus kollari, by assessing the co-occurence and similarity of the spiders and their putative models. |