Mimicry and Camouflage 3
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The startle display of an eyespot moth (Saturniidae) in the tropical rainforest of Trinidad. | A lanternfly (Fulgoridae) or peanut-headed bug in Trinidad exhibits a large false head with markings like a row of teeth. | Aposematic or warning coloration of a millipede (Diplopoda) from a rainforest in Venezuela. |
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| Warning or aposematic coloration advertises the foul taste that a monarch butterfly caterpillar (Danaidae) achieves from feeding on the poisonous leaves of milkweed plants. | The papaya fruit fly (Tephritidae) is a Batesian mimic of paper wasps in Florida. | Eyespots and posture give this sphinx moth caterpillar (Sphingidae) in Florida the appearance of a snake. |
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| A tropical rainforest silkmoth caterpillar (Saturniidae) bristles with urticating spines in the Amazon Basin of Peru. | A yellowjacket model (left/Vespidae) and a clearwing moth mimic (right/Sesiidae) are part of a Batesian mimicry ring in Florida. | Milkweed bugs (Lygaeidae) exhibit bright warning colors broadcasting their distastefulness from the milkweed sap they suck. |
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