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Batesian mimicry is a form of
mimicry where a
harmless species has
evolved to
imitate the
warning signals of a
harmful species directed at a
predator of...
- well-known
Batesian and Müllerian
forms of mimicry,
where the
mimic shares outward characteristics with an
aposematic or
harmful model. In
Batesian mimicry...
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simplest case, as in
Batesian mimicry, a
mimic resembles a model, so as to
deceive a dupe, all
three being of
different species. A
Batesian mimic, such as a...
- that some "Müllerian"
mimicry may be "quasi-
Batesian", or parasitic,
rather than mutualistic. In "quasi-
Batesian" mimicry, a
weakly unpalatable species is...
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unpalatable or aggressive. Some
arthropods mimic ants to
escape predation (
Batesian mimicry),
while some
predators of ants,
especially spiders,
mimic them...
- archippus) is a
North American butterfly. It was long
thought to be a
Batesian mimic of the
monarch butterfly, but
since the
viceroy is also distasteful...
- dupe" (e.g.
farmers intentionally plant and
harvest wheat),
whereas in
Batesian mimicry, the
model is "forbidding to the dupe" (e.g.
birds find
wasps unpleasant...
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colors and
patterns warning of
their toxicity,
while others are
harmless Batesian mimics of such insects. Many beetles,
including those that live in sandy...
- coloration,
often in
black and yellow,
social wasps are
frequent models for
Batesian mimicry by non-stinging insects, and are
themselves involved in mutually...
- many of the
different forms of
mimicry such as aggressive, protective,
Batesian, and Müllerian
mimicry and can
involve a
number of
different senses. Mimicking...
