The joint #evolution of #animal #movement and #competition #strategies
"Spatially explicit #forager - #kleptoparasite model where consumers can either forage or steal resource items from conspecifics (#kleptoparasitism). 3 scenarios: (1) foragers without kleptoparasites, (2) consumers specializing as foragers or as kleptoparasites and (3) consumers that can switch between foraging and kleptoparasitism depending on local conditions"
#kleptoparasitism #kleptoparasite #forager #americannaturalist #strategies #competition #movement #animal #evolution
Cacoxenus indagator sitting in the mouth of a cane in a 'bee hotel', where they can be found in very large numbers (early May, in the UK)
#Drosophila #Cacoxenus #Diptera #Osmia #Bee #Hymenoptera #Kleptoparasite #Entomology #Macro #MacroPhotography
#drosophila #cacoxenus #Diptera #osmia #bee #Hymenoptera #kleptoparasite #entomology #macro #macrophotography