#tigerbeetles — Public Fediverse posts
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Littoral Tiger Beetle (Calomera littoralis)
#TigerBeetle #Beetle #Coleoptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Insect #Insects #TigerBeetles #Beetles #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #PicOfTheDay #PhotoOfTheDay #Photography
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Littoral Tiger Beetle (Calomera littoralis)
#TigerBeetle #Beetle #Coleoptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Insect #Insects #TigerBeetles #Beetles #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
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Tiger #beetles fight off #bat attacks with ultrasonic #mimicry https://phys.org/news/2024-05-tiger-beetles-ultrasonic-mimicry.html
Tiger beetles produce anti-bat #ultrasound and are probable Batesian moth mimics https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0610
"#TigerBeetles are the only group of beetle scientists know of that seem to produce ultrasound in response to bat predation. An estimated 20% of #moth species, however, are known to have this ability and provide a helpful reference for understanding the behavior in other #insects."
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"When certain tiger beetles hear an echolocating bat draw near, they respond with extremely high-pitched clicks. This acoustic countermeasure is a dead ringer for the noises toxic moths make to signal their nasty taste to bats, researchers report May 15 in Biology Letters. Such sound-based mimicry may be widespread among groups of night-flying insects, the scientists say."
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tiger-beetles-weaponize-ultrasound-bats
#Beetles #Bats #TigerBeetles #Nature #Mimicry #Moths #Acoustics #Biology