Role of different colours of aposematic insects in learning, memory and generalization of naïve bird predators

Among the various properties of visual warning signals, colour seems to be especially important for avian predators. We tested the role of particular colours of an aposematic insect (firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus; Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae) in unlearned avoidance, learning, memory and generalization of a naïve avian predator (great tit, Parus major). The wild type of the firebug […]