5 comments on Sunday Night Movie: The Beetle Lizard
Matt
That is amazing! This is the first time I’ve heard of a vertebrate mimicking an invertebrate.
Marcoli
I too was trying to think of another example of a vertebrate mimicking an invert. I got nothing. But I stumbled on a jumping spider that mimics a scorpion (which was new to me). That was cool.
I wonder what the size difference is between the beetle and the young lizard that mimics it. Or maybe size doesn’t matter to a predator, perhaps color coupled with type of motion are more important.
5 comments on Sunday Night Movie: The Beetle Lizard
That is amazing! This is the first time I’ve heard of a vertebrate mimicking an invertebrate.
I too was trying to think of another example of a vertebrate mimicking an invert. I got nothing. But I stumbled on a jumping spider that mimics a scorpion (which was new to me). That was cool.
Well, there’s always the Spider Snake: http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/a-snake-mimics-a-spider/
I wonder what the size difference is between the beetle and the young lizard that mimics it. Or maybe size doesn’t matter to a predator, perhaps color coupled with type of motion are more important.
Now, that’s cool!