Butterfly and moth wings can be stunningly beautiful. More importantly, some have colourful and elaborate patterns that serve as a defence against hungry predators. There are many butterfly and moth ...

as with the monarch butterfly (Figure 2). Herbivory is the consumption of plant material by animals, and herbivores are animals adapted to eat plants. As in predator-prey interactions, this ...

Postman butterflies use the striking red bands of colour across their wings to find each other. But then they use other tricks - maybe chemical cues - to avoid mating with other Heliconius species, ...

“It is exciting to have evidence for the importance of top-down influences from predators.” Scientists have long known that milkweed cardenolides, which in most animals disable a vital ...

A neural change in butterflies alters mating preferences, influencing evolution through genetic and sensory mechanisms.

In a nutshell Butterflies choose mates based on vision, not scent or chance. Heliconius cydno butterflies are biologically ...

Los Angeles [US], February 27 (ANI): Researchers have discovered that inedible butterfly species that replicate one other's colour patterns have developed similar flight habits to warn predators ...

A simple neural change alters mating preferences in male butterflies, aiding rapid behavioral evolution, Nicholas VanKuren ...