{"id":8172,"date":"2026-10-03T11:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T08:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/kettinki\/?p=8172"},"modified":"2026-10-03T11:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T08:51:09","slug":"butterflies-use-optical-illusions-to-dodge-predators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/kettinki\/linkki\/8172","title":{"rendered":"<svg class=\"svg-icon svg-icon-link\" aria-labelledby=\"title-6ac72cf6cc898\" role=\"img\"><title id=\"title-6ac72cf6cc898\">Link<\/title> <use href=\"#link\" xlink:href=\"#link\"><\/use> <\/svg>8172"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-basic\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.exeter.ac.uk\/faculty-of-environment-science-and-economy\/butterflies-use-optical-illusions-to-dodge-predators\/\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Butterflies use optical illusions to dodge predators\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 150px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"81\" src=\"https:\/\/mummila.net\/kettinki\/files\/2026\/10\/Untitled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x999 size-150x999\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mummila.net\/kettinki\/files\/2026\/10\/Untitled-1.jpg 912w, https:\/\/mummila.net\/kettinki\/files\/2026\/10\/Untitled-1-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mummila.net\/kettinki\/files\/2026\/10\/Untitled-1-768x413.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-title\">Butterflies use optical illusions to dodge predators<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-summary\">[A new study] helps solve a long-standing puzzle; butterflies have striking patterns that make them stand out, yet remarkably few predators specialise in catching them mid-flight. [Motion illusion patterns were found to be widespread among around 400 European butterflies that the study looked at.]<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14097],"tags":[28603,33464,33465,29575,14353,33463,16625],"class_list":["post-8172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-in-english","tag-ecology","tag-george-hancock","tag-jolyon-troscianko","tag-lepidopterology","tag-nature","tag-university-of-essex","tag-university-of-exeter","post_format-post-format-link"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/kettinki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/kettinki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/kettinki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/kettinki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/kettinki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/kettinki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8174,"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/kettinki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8172\/revisions\/8174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/kettinki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/kettinki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/kettinki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}