COLOR MIMICRY. “Over long distances, sexually deceptive orchids lure pollinators with counterfeit insect sex pheromones, but close-range deception with colour mimicry is a tantalising possibility. Despite appearing different to humans, the colours of the orchids and female wasps were effectively identical when mapped into a hymenopteran hexagonal colour space.”
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-009-0611-0
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022