Foraging – looking for foodBehavioral ecology – the study behavior from

an ecological and evolutionary perspective

Predator-prey interactionsSit and wait

SpidersSnakesSite choice

important

Active searching/pursuitTarantulaScorpionsWaspsbats

Adaptations for attracting prey

Snapping Turtle

Angler fish

Anti-predatory behavior and adaptationsCamouflageDisruptive colorationCryptic colorationWarning colorationMimicry

BatesianMullerianAutomimicryAggressive mimicry

HerbivoresGrazers

Like sit and waitMore sedentaryTend to have

specialization of food choices

BrowsersMore actively

search out food

Disruptive coloration

Cryptic Coloration

Warning coloration

Batesian Mimicry

Mullerian Mimicry

Monarch butterfly Viceroy butterfly

Automimcry

Assassin bug mimics the vibrations of an insect caught in a spider web to lure the spider to it.