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#Question id: 12107


As you study two closely related predatory insect species, the two-spot and the three-spot avenger beetles, you notice that each species seeks prey at dawn in areas without the other species. However, where their ranges overlap the two-spot avenger beetle hunts at night and the three-spot hunts in the morning. When you bring them into the laboratory, their offspring behave in the same manner. You have discovered an example of

#Section 1: Ecology
  1. Mutualism. 
  2. Character displacement. 
  3. Batesian mimicry. 
  4. Facultative commensalism.