Eye-spots in Lepidoptera attract attention in humans

Do animal eyespots really mimic eyes?

(2016) Martin Stevens et al.   Current Zoology

What makes eyespots intimidating–the importance of pairedness

(2015) Ritwika Mukherjee et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Predator mimicry, not conspicuousness, explains the efficacy of butterfly eyespots

(2015) S. De Bona et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Experimental Evidence of Threat-Sensitive Collective Avoidance Responses in a Large Wild-Caught Herring School

(2014) Guillaume Rieucau et al.   PLoS One

Through their eyes: selective attention in peahens during courtship

(2013) J. L. Yorzinski et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Variable cost of prey defense and coevolution in predator–prey systems

(2012) Rebecca J. Tien et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Optimal integration of shading and binocular disparity for depth perception

(2012) P. G. Lovell et al.   JOURNAL OF VISION

The evolutionary significance of butterfly eyespots

(2011) Ullasa Kodandaramaiah   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Marginal Eyespots on Butterfly Wings Deflect Bird Attacks Under Low Light Intensities with UV Wavelengths

(2010) Martin Olofsson et al.   PLoS One

Can we use starlings’ aversion to eyespots as the basis for a novel ‘cognitive bias’ task?

(2009) Ben O. Brilot et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

The evolution and ecology of masquerade

(2009) JOHN SKELHORN et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Conspicuousness, not eye mimicry, makes "eyespots" effective antipredator signals

(2008) M. Stevens et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Coincident disruptive coloration

(2008) I. C Cuthill et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Behaviourally mediated crypsis in two nocturnal moths with contrasting appearance

(2008) R. J Webster et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Phenotypic Mismatches Reveal Escape from Arms-Race Coevolution

(2008) Charles T Hanifin et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY