Mexican fruit flies wave their wings at predatory #spiders; surely that's risky? Apparently not. Dinesh Rao and colleagues have discovered that the movement apparently #camouflages the insect by making it vanish in a blur in the eyes of the spider, causing it to hesitate long enough for the fly to make its escape.
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/225/24/jeb245395/286140
Read the full research here: https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/225/24/jeb244223/286139/
#comparativephysiology #zoology #camouflage