Data from: Moving like a model: mimicry of hymenopteran flight trajectories by clearwing moths of Southeast Asian rainforests

Clearwing moths are known for their physical resemblance to hymenopterans, but the extent of their behavioural mimicry is unknown. We describe zigzag flights of sesiid bee mimics which are nearly indistinguishable from those of sympatric bees, whereas sesiid wasp mimics display faster, straighter flights more akin to those of wasps. In particular, the flight of the sesiids Heterosphecia pahangensis, Aschistophleps argentifasciata and Pyrophleps cruentata resembles both Tetragonilla collina and T. atripes stingless bees and, to a lesser extent, dwarf honey bees Apis andreniformis, whereas the sesiid Pyrophleps sp. resembles Tachysphex sp. wasps. These findings represent the first experimental evidence for behavioural mimicry in clearwing moths.

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I. Tables 3-11 results of ANOVA and Tukey-Kramer tests for flight parameters by speciesTables 3–11: results of ANOVA and Tukey-Kramer tests for flight parameters by species. From "Moving like a model: mimicry of hymenopteran flight trajectories by clearwing moths of Southeast Asian rainforests" Skowron Volponi, Marta, McLean, Donald, Volponi, Paolo, Dudley, RobertI_Tables_pdfs.zipII. R code. Flight trajectories calculationsThis is a complete R code used for flight trajectory analysis described in "Moving like a model: mimicry of hymenopteran flight trajectories by clearwing moths of Southeast Asian rainforests" Skowron Volponi, Marta, McLean, Donald, Volponi, Paolo, Dudley, RobertII R Code.zipIII. Calculated flight trajectories parametersComplete calculated parameters of all analysed flight trajectories in study "Moving like a model: mimicry of hymenopteran flight trajectories by clearwing moths of Southeast Asian rainforests" Skowron Volponi, Marta, McLean, Donald, Volponi, Paolo, Dudley, RobertIII_Parameters_Complete.csvIV. Minimums, maximums and means of calculated variablesMinimums, maximums and means of calculated variables from "Moving like a model: mimicry of hymenopteran flight trajectories by clearwing moths of Southeast Asian rainforests" Skowron Volponi, Marta, McLean, Donald, Volponi, Paolo, Dudley, RobertIV_Parameters_Means_Species.csvV. (x,y) coordinates of digitized flight trajectories(x,y) coordinates of digitized flight trajectories from "Moving like a model: mimicry of hymenopteran flight trajectories by clearwing moths of Southeast Asian rainforests" Skowron Volponi, Marta, McLean, Donald, Volponi, Paolo, Dudley, RobertV_xy_coordinates_analysed_trajectories.zip