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Aggressive mimicry stands in semantic contrast with defensive mimicry, where it is the prey that acts as a mimic, with predators being duped. Defensive mimicry includes the well-known Batesian and Müllerian forms of mimicry, where the mimic shares outward characteristics with an aposematic or harmful model.
Mimicry is an evolved resemblance between an organism and another object, often an organism of another species. Mimicry may evolve between different species, or between individuals of the same species. Often, mimicry functions to protect from predators. [11] Mimicry systems have three basic roles: a mimic, a model, and a dupe.
English: Aggressive mimicry compared to a defensive form, Batesian mimicry. The mechanism is often called "Wolf in sheep's clothing". The model for an aggressive mimic can be a harmless species, in which case the 3 roles are disjunct, or the model can be the prey itself, in which case the arrangement is bipolar.
Chapter 12 Protective Mimicry. The chapter looks at Batesian mimicry (where the mimic is edible) in both tropical butterflies and English moths, beginning "We now approach one of the most interesting aspects of our subject". Chapter 13 Protective and Aggressive Mimicry.
The flower mantises include the orchid mantis, Hymenopus coronatus, which mimics a rainforest orchid of southeast Asia to lure its prey, pollinator insects. [1]Flower mantises are praying mantises that use a special form of camouflage referred to as aggressive mimicry, which they not only use to attract prey, but avoid predators as well.
The tail of a species may serve various functions, such as aggression, defense and feeding. [5] Caudal luring behavior was first recorded in 1878 [6] and is an instance of aggressive mimicry. [7] Predators attract their prey by moving their caudal section to mimic a small animal, such as a worm, and attract prey animals. [1]
In aggressive mimicry, predators or parasites resemble harmless species, allowing them to approach or to attract prey. [8] Anglerfish have a long filament (the illicium ) sprouting from the middle of the head above the eyes and terminating in an irregular growth of flesh (the esca ).
Host-parasite mimicry is a form of aggressive mimicry in which a parasite mimics its own host. Brood parasitism is a common form of parasitic aggressive mimicry that occurs in vertebrates, with cuckoos being a notable example. Brood parasite mothers will surrender their offspring to be raised by another organism, of either the same or a ...