Ant mimicry or myrmecomorphy is mimicry of ants by other organisms; it has evolved over 70 times. Ants are abundant all over the world, and potential predators...

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...

evolutionary biology, mimicry is an evolved resemblance between an organism and another object, often an organism of another species. Mimicry may evolve between...

rather than mutual convergence), forming mimicry rings. Large rings are found for example in velvet ants. Since the frequency of mimics is positively...

a close resemblance to ants. The nature of this ant mimicry (myrmecomorphy) varies, with some cases involving Batesian mimicry, where the mimic reduces...

Aggressive mimicry is a form of mimicry in which predators, parasites, or parasitoids share similar signals, using a harmless model, allowing them to avoid...

predator of velvet ants, while the whiptail is not. The aposematic coloration of velvet ants often corresponds to a specific Müllerian mimicry ring consisting...

advantage. The process is important in ant mimicry where species that do not look like ants are accepted into the ant colony. In 1960, Dethier, Brown, and...

velvet ant species comprise one of the most intricate Mullerian mimicry rings in the natural world, being divided into eight separate rings of mimicry. These...

predators. Known ant-spider mimicry: Castianeira cingulata  – short carpenter ants Castianeira longipalpa  – myrmicine or ponerine ants Castianeira memnonia...

in ant mimicry. Chemical mimicry exists within many of the different forms of mimicry such as aggressive, protective, Batesian, and Müllerian mimicry and...

ants (see Ant mimicry) Black Ant, a Marvel Comics character who is a Life Model Decoy of Eric O'Grady Ant List of ant genera (alphabetical) Ant (disambiguation)...

In evolutionary biology, mimicry in plants is where a plant organism evolves to resemble another organism physically or chemically, increasing the mimic's...

taxonomically distant. Ants are dangerous, small, and rich in distasteful and harmful compounds, making them difficult prey and favouring ant mimicry for defence...

mimicry types including Batesian, Müllerian, host mimicry and ‘aggressive’ mimicry (see main article: Mimicry). A very frequent type is ant mimicry:...

In plant biology, Vavilovian mimicry (also crop mimicry or weed mimicry) is a form of mimicry in plants where a weed evolves to share one or more characteristics...

Synemosyna walk on the outer edges of leaves in the same way as Pseudomyrmex. Ant mimicry in many spiders and other arthropods may be for protection from predators...

Marcio R.; Del-Claro, Kleber (2002). "Male-male agonistic behavior and ant-mimicry in a Neotropical richardiid (Diptera: Richardiidae)". Studies on Neotropical...

such as myrmecomorphy – ant mimicry - and chemical mimicry to infiltrate ant nests, usually to prey on food supplies or the ants themselves. Aribates javensis...

terrestrial mimicry is found in ant-mimicking spiders. These mimics are capable of antennal illusions and similar gait patterns as an ant, which is shown...

animals such as ants, termites, and bumblebees. Examples include the large blue butterfly, Phengaris arion, its larvae employing ant mimicry to parasitise...

Mark A. (23 May 2000). "Red legs and golden gasters: Batesian mimicry in Australian ants". Naturwissenschaften. 87 (5): 212–215. Bibcode:2000NW.....87...

and raises them until pupation. Broodiness Host-parasite mimicry Kleptoparasite Slave-making ant Polistes semenowi was mistakenly named Polistes sulcifer...

Pranburia is a monotypic genus of Southeast Asian ant mimicking corinnid sac spiders containing the single species, Pranburia mahannopi. Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold...

taste bad and have a painful bite (Batesian mimicry). Mimicry is also achieved by stealing from the ant brood and absorbing the smell of the colony....

(1974). "A Batesian Ant-Mimicry Complex from the Mountain Pine Ridge of British Honduras, with an Example of Transformational Mimicry". The American Midland...

ant (Paratrechina longicornis), also known as the black crazy ant, is a species of small, dark-coloured insect in the family Formicidae. These ants are...

cuticle that mimic those of the ants, and the ants carry them into the brood chamber of the ants' nest and raise them like ant larvae. Once there, the flat...

types of mimicry are Batesian and Müllerian, the first involving one-sided exploitation, the second providing mutual benefit. Batesian mimicry is an exploitative...

1st and 2nd instar nymphs of this species are dark colored and use ant mimicry as a defense. As with most or all species of mantis, Phyllocrania paradoxa...