Mimicry - a way to survive
In evolutionary biology, mimicry is a similarity of one species to another which protects one or both.[1] This similarity can be in appearance, behaviour, sound, scent or location. Mimics are found in the same areas as their models.
Please read further:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimicry
Jivko Nakev created this list 11 years ago
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Giant Swallowtail Caterpillar -
Leaf Insect -
Zaretis hurin, Yunguillo, Colombia -
Great Camouflage - Wrap around spider - Dolophones turrigera -
Small bird-dropping spider (Arkys Cutulus) -
Pair of Leaves -
A leaf-mimic katydid (Typophyllum bolivari) from the Amazon basin -
Another leaf-mimic katydid (Typophyllum morrisi) from the Amazon basin -
Typophyllum morrisi, Finca Heimatlos, Ecuador -
Dead Leaf Grasshopper -
Broken Twig -
Find me! -
Scorpion-tailed spider -
Dead Leaf Mantis - Deroplatys rhombica -
Giant -
Torpedo bug - Siphanta acuta -
Paraoxypilus verreauxii -
Eastern Treerunner Mantis - Ciulfina biseriata -
Confused?! -
Praying Mantis - Deroplatys trigonodera -
Australian Twig-Mimicking Katydid - Zaprochilus australis -
Long-Legged Katydid - Eumecopoda granulosa -
Leaf -
Ant-mimic treehopper