Adult tiger beetles Cicindela gemmata modify their foraging strategy in different hunting contexts

Author:

Wang Shumin1,Fei Panshuai1ORCID,Wu Zifeng1,Luo Zeyi1,Wu Yichen1,Sun Ningning1,Wang Yujie1,Zi Shumei2,Gao Lifang1ORCID,Du Bo1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Life Sciences Lanzhou University Lanzhou China

2. College of Ecology Lanzhou University Lanzhou China

Abstract

AbstractPredator–prey interaction has long been an interesting item in the research of animal behaviors. Given that live prey can damage their predators, predators must trade foraging efficiency for safety while hunting, but the extent of this trade‐off is not yet clear. Tiger beetles display diversity in their diets and hunting strategies, and hence, they become an ideal system to address how self‐security affects foraging efficiency. We addressed this question in captive adult tiger beetles Cicindela gemmata. By offering several types of arthropod and plant foods, we confirmed that C. gemmata is carnivorous. We found that C. gemmata hunt by either ambushing or chasing their prey, and that they switch between strategies based on differences in the number of prey, the prey status and encounter rate, and the number of predators. Ambushing success increased with the number of prey but decreased with prey encounter rate. Chasing success decreased as prey body size and encounter rate increased. Foraging Cicindela gemmata often gave up an attack when it was nonfatal. This active giving up of hunting may be a consequence of a trade‐off between foraging efficiency and self‐security. Therefore, it is an adaptive response to the risk of injury when hunting for larger live prey.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Insect Science,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,Agronomy and Crop Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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