ArticleScientific reports2017
Adaptive aggregation by spider mites under predation risk.
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- Stronger Antipredatory Vigilance of Prey to Olfactory Cues From Injured Vulnerable Conspecifics.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Exudate droplets incorporated on eggs by Raoiella indica Hirst female during oviposition may avoid the predation of Amblyseius largoensis (Muma).Experimental & applied acarology · 2024Article
- Conspecific cues mediate habitat selection and reproductive performance in a haplodiploid spider mite.Current zoology · 2024Article
- Predation stress experienced as immature mites extends their lifespan.Biogerontology · 2023Article
- Predator- and killed prey-induced fears bear significant cost to an invasive spider mite: Implications in pest management.Pest management science · 2022Article
- Level-dependent effects of predation stress on prey development, lifespan and reproduction in mites.Biogerontology · 2022Article
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- Using mathematical models to describe aerial dispersal and silk ball formation of peanut red spider mite, Tetranychus ogmophallos (Acari: Tetranychidae).Experimental & applied acarology · 2020Article
- Spatial structure arising from chase-escape interactions with crowding.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Preference and performance of the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) on strawberry cultivars.Experimental & applied acarology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Grouping together is a commonly observed anti-predator strategy. Possible anti-predator benefits of aggregation include the encounter/avoidance effect for visually hunting predators and the dilution effect, together dubbed attack abatement. Possible costs opposing the dilution effect are easier detection of aggregated than scattered individuals. The benefits of attack abatement, and opposing costs after group detection, are poorly understood for chemosensory predator-prey interactions. We tackled this issue by assessing the aggregation behavior of spider mites Tetranychus urticae under predation risk emanating from predatory mites Phytoseiulus persimilis. We examined whether adult spider mite females aggregate more tightly when perceiving predator cues (traces left and eggs), representing graded risk levels, and whether grouping enhances survival in physical predator presence. The spider mites aggregated more tightly and were more active in presence than absence of predator cues. Grouped spider mites were less likely and later detected and attacked than scattered spider mites. Moreover, encounter and attack of one group member did not increase the risk of other members to be attacked, as compared to scattered spider mites. To the best of our knowledge, our study is the first rigorous documentation of the adaptive benefit of tightened prey aggregation towards a purely chemosensorily hunting predator.
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