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Mimesis (biology)

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where living creatures mimic the form, colour and posture of their surroundings to avoid being noticed from their surroundings by predators depending on sight. One view is that mimesis, being a form of crypsis, differs from
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Allomimesis is mimicry of lifeless objects. Some small butterflies resemble bird droppings. Some species of
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Zoomimesis is mimicry of different animals. Examples include various visitor species of ants (
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Jäger, Gejagte, Parasiten und Blinde Passagiere - Momentaufnahmen aus dem Bernsteinwald
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stage resembled the forest soil. Evidence of this has been preserved in Baltic
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living in African deserts resemble stones and are thus known as "
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moths resemble the bark of deciduous trees. Some species in this
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Phytomimesis is mimicry of plants or parts of plants. Some
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Allomimesis developed already 50 million years ago in
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region resemble tree leaves in appearance and posture.
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have a body shape resembling twigs or leaves (as in
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stick insect, an ant mimic (adults are phytomimetic)
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Phylliidae
Indo-Pacific
biology
ancient Greek
crypsis
mimicry
English
myrmecophily
Young Extatosoma tiaratum stick insect, an ant mimic (adults are phytomimetic)
Extatosoma tiaratum
geometer moths
Stick insects
walking leaves
Notodontidae
family
alder kitten
sallow kitten
potoo
Leaf-tail gecko (Uroplatus)
Uroplatus
Dead leaf moth (Drepanepteryx phalaenoides)
Drepanepteryx phalaenoides
fig-marigolds
living stones
micromoths
quivers
larval
amber
Bird droppings: larvae of the swallowtail butterfly Papilio cresphontes

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