Mimicry in Insects: An Illustrated Study in Mimicry and Cryptic Coloration in Insects

Abstract

INSECT MIMICRY 4 WHAT IS MIMICRY? 5 MÜLLERIAN MIMICRY 7 MÜLLERIAN MIMICRY 8 YELLOWJACKET – VESPULA SPP. 9 HONEY BEE – APIS SPP. 10 BUMBLE BEE – BOMBUS SPP. 11 VELVET ANT (COW KILLER) – DASYMUTILLA OCCIDENTALIS 12 BLISTER BEETLE – EUPOMPHA ELEGANS 13 THREAD-WAISTED WASP – AMMOPHILA SPP. 14 MONARCH BUTTERFLY – DANAUS PLEXIPPUS 15 VICEROY BUTTERFLY – LIMENTIS SPP. 16 BATESIAN MIMICRY 17 BATESIAN MIMICRY 18 METALLIC WOODBORING BEETLE – ACMAEODERA SPP. 19 WASP BEETLE – CLYTUS SPP. 20 FLOWER LONGHORN BEETLE – TYPOCERUS SPP. 21 BEE BEETLE – TRICHIUS SPP. 22 BEE FLY – BOMBYLIUS SPP. 23 DRONE FLY – ERISTALIS SPP. 24 HOVER FLY –EUPEODES SPP. 25 TACHINID FLY – CYLINDROMYIA SPP. 26 SNOWBERRY CLEARWING MOTH – HEMARIS DIFFINIS 27 AMERICAN HORNET MOTH – SESIA SPP. 28 CRYPTIC COLORATION & CAMOUFLAGE 29 CRYPTIC COLORATION & CAMOUFLAGE 30 SPHINX MOTH (SNAKE CATERPILLAR) – HEMEROPLANES TRIPTOLEMUS 32 COMMON LYTROSIS MOTH – LYTROSIS UNITARIA 33 KATYDID (LEAF BUG) – MICROCENTRUM RHOMBIFOLIUM 34 STICK INSECT – PHASMIDS 35 THORN BUG – UMBONIA CRASSICORNIS 36 FLOWER MANTID – HYMENOPUS CORONATUS 37 REFERENCES 3