Researchers have further shown that the larval and pupal forms of the butterfly species Maculinea rebeli are able to mimic red ants so well that the ants treated them as if they were queens of ...

the males alone fall prey to predators that target ants least likely to fight back—those encumbered with bundles. Scientists are particularly intrigued by imperfect mimicry, where one organism ...

Researchers use miniature robots to replicate the behavior of a colony of Argentine ants on the move, navigating from their nest entrance to a food source Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content ...

Spiders that practice mimicry also come from the Corinnidae (sun spider), Thomisidae (flower spider) and Zodariidae (spotted or ant spider) families. More information: George Poinar, Myrmarachne ...

But the scientists chose a different approach for the velvet ants because the wasps employ a flashy PPE called mimicry. "Mimicry is a form of evolutionary defense in which one animal copies another of ...