Predator Mimicry: Metalmark Moths Mimic Their Jumping Spider Predators

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Jadranka Rota ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jadranka.rota@uconn.edu

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America
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David L. Wagner

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America
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About the Authors

Jadranka Rota

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jadranka.rota@uconn.edu

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

David L. Wagner

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Conceived and designed the experiments: JR DW. Performed the experiments: JR. Analyzed the data: JR. Wrote the paper: JR DW.

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