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First evidence for an aposematic function of a very common color pattern in small insects
Mora Castro, Rebeca; Alfaro Córdoba, Marcela; Hernández Jiménez, Marcela; Fernández Otárola, Mauricio; Méndez Rivera, Michael; Ramírez Morales, Didier Daniel; Rodríguez Rodríguez, Carlos E.; Hanson Snortun, Paul (2021-02-11)Many small parasitoid wasps have a black head, an orange mesosoma and a black metasoma (BOB color pattern), which is usually present in both sexes. A likely function of this widespread pattern is aposematic (warning) ... -
Spectral measure of color variation of black-orange-black (BOB) pattern in small parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), a statistical approach
Mora Castro, Rebeca; Hernández Jiménez, Marcela; Alfaro Córdoba, Marcela; Avendaño Soto, Esteban; Hanson Snortun, Paul (2019)Small parasitoid wasps are abundant and extremely diverse, yet their colors have not been analyzed. One of the more common color patterns observed in these wasps is a black-orange-black pattern, which is especially common ...