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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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