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.