Table 2 Number of birds in each trial that approached, attacked, killed or at least partly consumed the beetle during the predator assay.

From: Experimental evidence suggests that specular reflectance and glossy appearance help amplify warning signals

Trial

Treatment

Dull Group

Glossy Group

Approach

Attack

Kill

Consume

Approach

Attack

Kill

Consume

1

1

11

4

0

1

4

10

0

2

10

3

1

1

9

5

2

0

3

13

3

0

0

11

2

3

0

4

14

1

1

0

12

3

1

0

Generalization Test

13

3

0

0

5

7

3

0

  1. Data is divided between treatments and trials. Approach: indicates that the bird landed on the petri dish, excluding if the bird then attacked. Attacked: includes pecking, picking up and survivable damage (e.g. removing a leg), this excludes prey that was then killed. Killed: indicates that the bird has damaged the prey enough to release haemolymph, this does not exclude prey that was then consumed. Consumed: this indicates that a portion of the prey was eaten, it does not mean the whole prey was eaten.
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