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ベイツ型擬態するハナアブでは擬態の完成度と体サイズに正の相関がある 体が大きいアブは魅力的な報酬であるから選択が強くかかる 日本最大級のスカシバであるクビアカスカシバもまあ最もスズメバチに似ていると言えましょう https://t.co/x6FF2yvev7
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@Bertonemyia @Myrmecos @ThomasShahan There was a Nature paper on imperfect mimicry in Syrphidae, where the major finding was that mimic fidelity was positively correlated with size -- the juicier a meal you would be to a bird, the better the mimic, in gene
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Pretty good, but too much attribution to aposematism, not enough placed on visual predator avoidance through mimicry https://t.co/FdPMlgVSFp https://t.co/ZnikKRXfz2
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@pknoepfler quite like this article on imperfect mimicry in hoverfly system https://t.co/wkLvRiCMSZ