I read about some research done on butterflies which said it has always been assumed that butterfly camouflage developed with respect to bird predation but they are beginning to think that it actually developed in response to arachnid predation. Sorry could not find the link again. Maybe someone can.http://news.ufl.edu/2013/03/12/evolution-of-some-butterflies/
edited to say I found the link.
http://news.ufl.edu/2013/03/12/evolution-of-some-butterflies/
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