How life became colourful: colour vision, aposematism, sexual selection, flowers, and fruits

JJ Wiens, Z Emberts - Biological Reviews, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Plants and animals are often adorned with potentially conspicuous colours (eg red, yellow,
orange, blue, purple). These include the dazzling colours of fruits and flowers, the brilliant …

Colour pattern diversity and evolution in Oriental velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Aculeata: Mutillidae)

M Boutin, L Vilhelmsen - Biological Journal of the Linnean …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Mutillidae (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) are a family of solitary ectoparasitoid
wasps, famous for their sting and conspicuous coloration. The occurrence of Müllerian …