VERTEBRATE - INSECT INTERACTIONS
COLORATION



CRYPSIS -> LEAF MIMICRY -- Katydid that looks like a leaf
CRYPSIS for a PREDATOR -- very large mantid that blends in with
the background; an AMBUSH Predator

Lichens/Moss


Feralia major



FALSE HEAD COLORATION -- Seems to work!!

STARTLE DISPLAY

SPIDER and SNAKE MIMICRY

Siamusotima aranea




An APOSEMATIC DISPLAY -- by a romaline Grasshopper



WASP/BEE MIMICRY

BAT AVOIDANCE

Pteronotus personatus (Chiroptera:
Mormoopidae) chasing a Melipotis sp. (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)
Palo
Verde, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, March, 1985.
SAFETY in NUMBERS

Eurema proterpia puddling club, Pena Blanca area, west of Nogales,
Arizona, August, 1996.