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Deimatic behaviour

Deimatic behaviour, also known as threat display or startle display, means any pattern of bluffing behaviour in an animal that lacks strong defences, such as suddenly displaying conspicuous eyespots to scare off or momentarily distract a predator, thus giving the prey animal an opportunity to escape. The term deimatic or dymantic originates from the…

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In insects

In arachnids

In crustaceans

In cephalopods

In vertebrates

Deimatic or aposematic?

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Deimatic behaviour

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related to Further reading · 48
Deimatic behaviour → An Outline, Animal Behaviour, Animals, Anxiety, Avoiding Attack, Blackwell, Cambridge University Press, Cephalopod Behaviour, Cranston, David, Defence, Defense, Deimatic, Deimatic Behavior, Dictionary, Different, Edmunds, Encyclopedia, Entomology, Fears
related to In insects · 13
Deimatic behaviour → Aglais, Among, Deimatic, For, In, Mantodea, Peruphasma, Phasmatodea, Phymateus, Similarly, Smerinthus, When, While
related to In arachnids · 10
Deimatic behaviour → Argiope, Both, However, Indian, Mygalomorphae, Pholcus, Poecilotheria, Pompilidae, Some, Spiders
related to In cephalopods · 10
Deimatic behaviour → Argonauta, Atlantic, Caribbean, Deimatic, For, Octopus, Other, Sepia, Sepioteuthis, The

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deimatic display displays aposematic species moths behaviour threat eyespots predators animals large pattern predator among isbn also insects wings warning

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an owlinstance ofmoving them slowly as if it were a vertebrate predator0.80text
dogbane tiger mothsinstance ofSome0.80text
hedgehogsinstance ofsome predators0.80text
spider-hunting waspsinstance ofsome predators0.80text
Argiopeinstance ofSome0.80text
Pholcus make themselvesinstance ofSome0.80text
their webs vibrate rapidly when they are disturbedinstance ofSome0.80text
tarantulas exhibit deimatic behaviourinstance ofMygalomorphae spiders0.80text
the Caribbean reef squidinstance ofsquid0.80text
Atlantic white-spotted octopus turn bright brownish red with oval white spots all over in a high contrast displayinstance ofOther octopuses0.80text
Physalaemus nattereriinstance ofso that the animal appears as large and threatening as possible.Frogs0.80text
Physalaemus deimaticusinstance ofso that the animal appears as large and threatening as possible.Frogs0.80text

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