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Global selection on insect antipredator coloration

Iliana Medina Orcid Logo, Alice Exnerová Orcid Logo, Klára Daňková Orcid Logo, Olivier Penacchio Orcid Logo, Tom N. Sherratt Orcid Logo, Tomáš Albrecht Orcid Logo, Sarika Baidya Orcid Logo, Renan Janke Bosque Orcid Logo, Heloise Brown, Emily Burdfield-Steel Orcid Logo, Kristal E. Cain Orcid Logo, Rodrigo Roucourt Cezário Orcid Logo, Ylenia Chiari Orcid Logo, Carolina Esquivel Orcid Logo, Rhainer Guillermo Ferreira Orcid Logo, Amanda M. Franklin Orcid Logo, Aloise Garvey Orcid Logo, Samuel Guchu Orcid Logo, Brandon T. Hastings Orcid Logo, Kateřina Hotová-Svádová, Yerin Hwang Orcid Logo, Changku Kang Orcid Logo, John Kasaya Orcid Logo, Jennifer Kelley Orcid Logo, Yongsu Kim Orcid Logo, Krushnamegh Kunte Orcid Logo, Felipe Daetto-Liberato Orcid Logo, Karl Loeffler-Henry Orcid Logo, Vinicius Marques Lopez Orcid Logo, Claire MacKay-Dietrich Orcid Logo, Johanna Mappes Orcid Logo, María Cecilia De Mársico Orcid Logo, Viraj Nawge Orcid Logo, Peter Njoroge Orcid Logo, Ossi Nokelainen Orcid Logo, Arka Pal Orcid Logo, Archan Paul Orcid Logo, Robert Posont Orcid Logo, Jan Raška Orcid Logo, Juan Carlos Reboreda Orcid Logo, Juan Manuel Rojas Ripari Orcid Logo, Hannah M. Rowland Orcid Logo, Maria de las Nieves Sabio Orcid Logo, Camilo Salazar Orcid Logo, Fabian C. Salgado-Roa Orcid Logo, Steve A. Stephens-Cárdenas Orcid Logo, Anita Szabó Orcid Logo, Juan Pablo Mongui Torres Orcid Logo, Jolyon Troscianko Orcid Logo, Marie Truhlářová, Kate D. L. Umbers Orcid Logo, Molly Venton, Makenzie Vitasovich Orcid Logo, Lu-Yi Wang Orcid Logo, Sarah Weil, William Allen Orcid Logo

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Natural selection has repeatedly led to the evolution of two alternative antipredator color strategies—camouflage to avoid detection and aposematism to advertise unprofitability—but we lack understanding of how ecological context favors one strategy over the other. We conducted a globally replicated...

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title Global selection on insect antipredator coloration
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Molly Venton
Sarah Weil
William Allen
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Alice Exnerová
Klára Daňková
Olivier Penacchio
Tom N. Sherratt
Tomáš Albrecht
Sarika Baidya
Renan Janke Bosque
Heloise Brown
Emily Burdfield-Steel
Kristal E. Cain
Rodrigo Roucourt Cezário
Ylenia Chiari
Carolina Esquivel
Rhainer Guillermo Ferreira
Amanda M. Franklin
Aloise Garvey
Samuel Guchu
Brandon T. Hastings
Kateřina Hotová-Svádová
Yerin Hwang
Changku Kang
John Kasaya
Jennifer Kelley
Yongsu Kim
Krushnamegh Kunte
Felipe Daetto-Liberato
Karl Loeffler-Henry
Vinicius Marques Lopez
Claire MacKay-Dietrich
Johanna Mappes
María Cecilia De Mársico
Viraj Nawge
Peter Njoroge
Ossi Nokelainen
Arka Pal
Archan Paul
Robert Posont
Jan Raška
Juan Carlos Reboreda
Juan Manuel Rojas Ripari
Hannah M. Rowland
Maria de las Nieves Sabio
Camilo Salazar
Fabian C. Salgado-Roa
Steve A. Stephens-Cárdenas
Anita Szabó
Juan Pablo Mongui Torres
Jolyon Troscianko
Marie Truhlářová
Kate D. L. Umbers
Molly Venton
Makenzie Vitasovich
Lu-Yi Wang
Sarah Weil
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description Natural selection has repeatedly led to the evolution of two alternative antipredator color strategies—camouflage to avoid detection and aposematism to advertise unprofitability—but we lack understanding of how ecological context favors one strategy over the other. We conducted a globally replicated predation experiment at 21 sites on six continents to test how predator community, prey community, and visual environment influenced the predation risk of 15,018 artificial paper “moth” prey with cryptic or warning coloration. Results indicated that aposematic strategies fare better in environments with low predation intensity, whereas camouflage strategies are advantaged when other camouflaged prey species are rare and when light levels are low. This study demonstrates how multiple mechanisms shape antipredator strategies, helping to explain the evolution and global distribution of camouflaged and aposematic animals.
published_date 2025-09-25T05:32:58Z
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