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  • Pit-builder vs non-pit-builder : advantage of trap building strategy in antlion larvae does not mean greater behaviour diversity
    Klokočovnik, Vesna, 1981- ; Devetak, Dušan
    Predators use different foraging modes, ranging from active to ambush predation. We investigated the predatory behaviour of two antlion species, the pit-builder Euroleon nostras and the ... non-pit-builder Neuroleon microstenus, both considered as ambush predators but with different predatory strategies. Since the pit-builders evolved from non-pit-builders, we focused on the similarities and differences in behavioural patterns and capture success. We found that most behavioural patterns occur in both species, although the non-pit-builders behaviour is less stereotypic and exhibits more behavioural patterns than in the pit-builder when comparing behaviour from prey introduction to jaw set without pit-construction. In N. microstenus, two distinct behavioural sequences were noted, which depend on the method of prey carcass clearing. This is the first report describing two methods of prey-carcass clearing in a non-pit-builder: tossing or dropping the prey. We also noted the presence of camouflage in the non-pit-builder, considered as an important mechanism in anti-predator tactics.
    Vir: Behaviour. - ISSN 0005-7959 (Vol. 151, issue 5, 2014, str. 653-668)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del ; neleposlovje za odrasle
    Leto - 2014
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 20356872

vir: Behaviour. - ISSN 0005-7959 (Vol. 151, issue 5, 2014, str. 653-668)

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