Motion Camouflage - Biological Examples

Biological Examples

Camouflage

Topics Camouflage Countershading Active camouflage Counter-illumination Motion camouflage
Animal camouflage Crypsis Decorator crabs Mimicry Underwater camouflage and mimicry
Military camouflage Military camouflage List of camoufleurs Middle East Command Camouflage Directorate Aircraft camouflage Battledress Dazzle camouflage Ship camouflage USN WWII camouflage measures
Camouflage prototypes Adaptiv Diffused lighting camouflage Yehudi lights
Camouflage patterns List of camouflage patterns Battle Dress Bundeswehr Wüstentarn CADPAT Desert Night Camouflage Disruptive Pattern Material Erbsenmuster ERDL pattern Feldgrau Flecktarn Jigsaw Khaki drill Leibermuster Lizard M05 MARPAT MultiCam Multi-Terrain Pattern Pantera Rosa Six-Color Desert Pattern Soldier 2000 Splittermuster Tactical Assault Camouflage TAZ 90 Telo mimetico Tigerstripe Type 99 (China) Type 07 (China) Universal Camouflage Pattern US Woodland

Motion camouflage was discovered by Srinivasan and Davey in 1995 who were studying mating behavior in hoverflies. The male hoverfly appeared to be using the tracking technique to approach prospective mates.

Motion camouflage has also been observed in territorial battles between dragonflies, where males of the Australian Emperor Dragonfly, Hemianax papuensis, were seen to adjust their flight paths to appear stationary to their rivals in "breakneck territorial dogfight". Researchers found that 6 of 15 encounters involved motion camouflage.

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