Marie E. Herberstein

TL;DR: The key perceptual principles, namely, retinal photoreception, sensory channels, opponent processing, color constancy, and receptor noise, are discussed, to inform an analytical framework driven by the research question in relation to identifiable viewers and visual tasks of interest.

TL;DR: A phylogenetic analysis of the different decoration patterns suggests that the different types of decorations are as evolutionary labile as the decorations themselves: the analysis shows little homology and numerous convergences and independent gains.

TL;DR: The authors showed that the coloration of an Australian species of crab-spiders, Thomisus spectabilis, which is cryptic on the white daisy Chrysanthemum frutescens to the human eye, is highly conspicuous to ultraviolet-sensitive insect prey, but that, instead of repelling foraging honeybees (Apis mellifera), the contrast of the spider against the petals makes the flowers more attractive.

TL;DR: A global ‘roadmap’ for insect conservation and recovery is proposed that entails the immediate implementation of several ‘no-regret’ measures that will act to slow or stop insect declines.

TL;DR: It is shown that polyandrous female orb–web spiders Argiope keyserlingi (Araneidae) control the paternity of their offspring by adjusting the timing of sexual cannibalism, and that females copulating with relatively smaller males delay sexual cannibalistan, thereby prolonging the duration of copulation, and these males consequently fertilize relatively more eggs.