… both cue and signal mimicry. These spiders prey on other web-building spiders that they lure
… attract spiders. Portia fimbriata, an Australian species, deceives females of another salticid …

… to explore the predicted links between deceptive signal structure, presentation and efficacy.
… the structure of a putative multicomponent deceptive signal and its behavioural presentation. …

… precise origin of these deceptive signals. Here, I argue that the deceptive signals should be
considered … Possibly the best example of this are jumping spiders in the genus Portia. These …

… They found that signalling created by web decorations may be considered a deceptive
visual signal because, when viewed together, spider and decoration look remarkably like bird …

… , where animals use deceptive signals that indirectly manipulate … deceive their predators,
or aggressive mimicry to deceive their prey. We review examples from the literature on spiders …

… spiders) use deceptive communication signals and stimuli to actively lure prey towards them
through a variety of approaches. The book then turns to how animals use deception in order …

… spiders may also aggressively mimic BDs in order to deceive … mimicry in masquerading
crab spiders; therefore, we … We compared prey-attraction rates among BDs, spiders, and …

… can detect even small cues that indicate danger, and during an approach of a potentially
dangerous prey, these predators can benefit from disguise and deception. Airflow, for example, …

… web-building spider (Foelix 1996). When Portia enters an alien web, it manipulates the silk,
making web signals that deceive and control the behavior of the resident spider. Simply over…

… to reduce spiders‘ visibility to diurnal predators while the spiders were … spiders sit on webs
with conspicuous ventrum spots fully exposed, would they serve as deceptive color signals to …