#mimicry — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mimicry, aggregated by home.social.
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La cucaracha dominó india (Therea petiveriana) se esconde bajo la hojarasca de los bosques para evitar el calor diurno. Su patrón es una imitación de un escarabajo Anthia sexguttata, un escarabajo agresivo con químicos irritantes. 📷Vidhya Swaminathan #insectos #insects #mimetismo #mimicry
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La cucaracha dominó india (Therea petiveriana) se esconde bajo la hojarasca de los bosques para evitar el calor diurno. Su patrón es una imitación de un escarabajo Anthia sexguttata, un escarabajo agresivo con químicos irritantes. 📷Vidhya Swaminathan #insectos #insects #mimetismo #mimicry
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La cucaracha dominó india (Therea petiveriana) se esconde bajo la hojarasca de los bosques para evitar el calor diurno. Su patrón es una imitación de un escarabajo Anthia sexguttata, un escarabajo agresivo con químicos irritantes. 📷Vidhya Swaminathan #insectos #insects #mimetismo #mimicry
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La cucaracha dominó india (Therea petiveriana) se esconde bajo la hojarasca de los bosques para evitar el calor diurno. Su patrón es una imitación de un escarabajo Anthia sexguttata, un escarabajo agresivo con químicos irritantes. 📷Vidhya Swaminathan #insectos #insects #mimetismo #mimicry
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La cucaracha dominó india (Therea petiveriana) se esconde bajo la hojarasca de los bosques para evitar el calor diurno. Su patrón es una imitación de un escarabajo Anthia sexguttata, un escarabajo agresivo con químicos irritantes. 📷Vidhya Swaminathan #insectos #insects #mimetismo #mimicry
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#Mimicry is always a cool #biology topic so this bit of #science news is a treat:
Fake zombies
As if spiders aren't creepy enough, or bug victims of the famous "The Last of Us" zombie #Cordyceps #fungus aren't creepier, we have now discovered a #spider #species which has decided its strategy for survival in this world is to simply *look* like a zombie spider fungus victim. To disgust predators and put prey at ease
It's called Taczanowskia waska
It lives in #Ecuador
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#Mimicry is always a cool #biology topic so this bit of #science news is a treat:
Fake zombies
As if spiders aren't creepy enough, or bug victims of the famous "The Last of Us" zombie #Cordyceps #fungus aren't creepier, we have now discovered a #spider #species which has decided its strategy for survival in this world is to simply *look* like a zombie spider fungus victim. To disgust predators and put prey at ease
It's called Taczanowskia waska
It lives in #Ecuador
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#Mimicry is always a cool #biology topic so this bit of #science news is a treat:
Fake zombies
As if spiders aren't creepy enough, or bug victims of the famous "The Last of Us" zombie #Cordyceps #fungus aren't creepier, we have now discovered a #spider #species which has decided its strategy for survival in this world is to simply *look* like a zombie spider fungus victim. To disgust predators and put prey at ease
It's called Taczanowskia waska
It lives in #Ecuador
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#Mimicry is always a cool #biology topic so this bit of #science news is a treat:
Fake zombies
As if spiders aren't creepy enough, or bug victims of the famous "The Last of Us" zombie #Cordyceps #fungus aren't creepier, we have now discovered a #spider #species which has decided its strategy for survival in this world is to simply *look* like a zombie spider fungus victim. To disgust predators and put prey at ease
It's called Taczanowskia waska
It lives in #Ecuador
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Please read and my new #YouTube #sciencecommunication #article about a #spectacular case of #mimicry in a #termitophilous #beetle and leave a like:
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxEHaTFQXA_Xxh53yeqX7k_STTwTbWK3Eo?si=ORm-zcT5y81HxSqzIt's about the termitophilous beetle #Austrospirachtha #carrijoi, a kleptoparasite that strikingly mimics the morphology of a #termite.
©#StefanFWirthPlease support me,it's very needed
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B.Zilberman and C.M.Pires-Silva (2023)
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.8#Illustrations
©S.F.Wirth,AI assisted -
Please read and my new #YouTube #sciencecommunication #article about a #spectacular case of #mimicry in a #termitophilous #beetle and leave a like:
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxEHaTFQXA_Xxh53yeqX7k_STTwTbWK3Eo?si=ORm-zcT5y81HxSqzIt's about the termitophilous beetle #Austrospirachtha #carrijoi, a kleptoparasite that strikingly mimics the morphology of a #termite.
©#StefanFWirthPlease support me,it's very needed
https://ko-fi.com/sfwirthReference
B.Zilberman and C.M.Pires-Silva (2023)
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.8#Illustrations
©S.F.Wirth,AI assisted -
Please read and my new #YouTube #sciencecommunication #article about a #spectacular case of #mimicry in a #termitophilous #beetle and leave a like:
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxEHaTFQXA_Xxh53yeqX7k_STTwTbWK3Eo?si=ORm-zcT5y81HxSqzIt's about the termitophilous beetle #Austrospirachtha #carrijoi, a kleptoparasite that strikingly mimics the morphology of a #termite.
©#StefanFWirthPlease support me,it's very needed
https://ko-fi.com/sfwirthReference
B.Zilberman and C.M.Pires-Silva (2023)
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.8#Illustrations
©S.F.Wirth,AI assisted -
Please read and my new #YouTube #sciencecommunication #article about a #spectacular case of #mimicry in a #termitophilous #beetle and leave a like:
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxEHaTFQXA_Xxh53yeqX7k_STTwTbWK3Eo?si=ORm-zcT5y81HxSqzIt's about the termitophilous beetle #Austrospirachtha #carrijoi, a kleptoparasite that strikingly mimics the morphology of a #termite.
©#StefanFWirthPlease support me,it's very needed
https://ko-fi.com/sfwirthReference
B.Zilberman and C.M.Pires-Silva (2023)
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.8#Illustrations
©S.F.Wirth,AI assisted -
Please read and my new #YouTube #sciencecommunication #article about a #spectacular case of #mimicry in a #termitophilous #beetle and leave a like:
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxEHaTFQXA_Xxh53yeqX7k_STTwTbWK3Eo?si=ORm-zcT5y81HxSqzIt's about the termitophilous beetle #Austrospirachtha #carrijoi, a kleptoparasite that strikingly mimics the morphology of a #termite.
©#StefanFWirthPlease support me,it's very needed
https://ko-fi.com/sfwirthReference
B.Zilberman and C.M.Pires-Silva (2023)
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.8#Illustrations
©S.F.Wirth,AI assisted -
Camouflage vs mimicry vs masquerade
Camouflage (Crypsis): This is the art of blending into the background so you become invisible. A green grasshopper hiding in green grass is camouflage.
Mimicry: This is when an animal evolves to look like a different living organism, usually to trick a predator into thinking it's dangerous or unpalatable. For example, a harmless moth evolving to look and buzz exactly like a stinging wasp.
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Camouflage vs mimicry vs masquerade
Camouflage (Crypsis): This is the art of blending into the background so you become invisible. A green grasshopper hiding in green grass is camouflage.
Mimicry: This is when an animal evolves to look like a different living organism, usually to trick a predator into thinking it's dangerous or unpalatable. For example, a harmless moth evolving to look and buzz exactly like a stinging wasp.
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#DailySpiderPic: found a couple of _Myrmarachne_ ant-mimic jumping spiders on the garden wall today! With their shape and coloration combined with fast staccato motion, if you're not looking closely it's easy to confuse them with their model, _Camponotus_ carpenter ants (pictured: a worker feeding on a bit of apple I gave them, also today).
#bugstodon #antstodon #arachnids #spiders #JumpingSpiders #insects #ants #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #Araneae #Salticidae #Hymenoptera #Formicidae #ArthroBeauty
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#DailySpiderPic: found a couple of _Myrmarachne_ ant-mimic jumping spiders on the garden wall today! With their shape and coloration combined with fast staccato motion, if you're not looking closely it's easy to confuse them with their model, _Camponotus_ carpenter ants (pictured: a worker feeding on a bit of apple I gave them, also today).
#bugstodon #antstodon #arachnids #spiders #JumpingSpiders #insects #ants #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #Araneae #Salticidae #Hymenoptera #Formicidae #ArthroBeauty
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#DailySpiderPic: found a couple of _Myrmarachne_ ant-mimic jumping spiders on the garden wall today! With their shape and coloration combined with fast staccato motion, if you're not looking closely it's easy to confuse them with their model, _Camponotus_ carpenter ants (pictured: a worker feeding on a bit of apple I gave them, also today).
#bugstodon #antstodon #arachnids #spiders #JumpingSpiders #insects #ants #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #Araneae #Salticidae #Hymenoptera #Formicidae #ArthroBeauty
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#DailySpiderPic: found a couple of _Myrmarachne_ ant-mimic jumping spiders on the garden wall today! With their shape and coloration combined with fast staccato motion, if you're not looking closely it's easy to confuse them with their model, _Camponotus_ carpenter ants (pictured: a worker feeding on a bit of apple I gave them, also today).
#bugstodon #antstodon #arachnids #spiders #JumpingSpiders #insects #ants #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #Araneae #Salticidae #Hymenoptera #Formicidae #ArthroBeauty
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Si te parece una avispa, has sido víctima del clásico mimetismo batesiano. Ctenophora elegans es un díptero tipúlido saproxílico, es decir, se alimenta de madera en descomposición. Los sexos se diferencian por las antenas, en forma de peine en los machos. 📷Carnifex #insectos #insects #mimetismo #mimicry
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Si te parece una avispa, has sido víctima del clásico mimetismo batesiano. Ctenophora elegans es un díptero tipúlido saproxílico, es decir, se alimenta de madera en descomposición. Los sexos se diferencian por las antenas, en forma de peine en los machos. 📷Carnifex #insectos #insects #mimetismo #mimicry
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Si te parece una avispa, has sido víctima del clásico mimetismo batesiano. Ctenophora elegans es un díptero tipúlido saproxílico, es decir, se alimenta de madera en descomposición. Los sexos se diferencian por las antenas, en forma de peine en los machos. 📷Carnifex #insectos #insects #mimetismo #mimicry
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Si te parece una avispa, has sido víctima del clásico mimetismo batesiano. Ctenophora elegans es un díptero tipúlido saproxílico, es decir, se alimenta de madera en descomposición. Los sexos se diferencian por las antenas, en forma de peine en los machos. 📷Carnifex #insectos #insects #mimetismo #mimicry
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Si te parece una avispa, has sido víctima del clásico mimetismo batesiano. Ctenophora elegans es un díptero tipúlido saproxílico, es decir, se alimenta de madera en descomposición. Los sexos se diferencian por las antenas, en forma de peine en los machos. 📷Carnifex #insectos #insects #mimetismo #mimicry
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Forgive the subpar photos but I just saw an ant-mimic jumping spider (_Synageles_) investigating a crevice in a wrought-iron fence post. Antennae twitched within. The hole was already occupied by a carpenter ant (_Camponotus_ cf. _novaeboracensis_?) who did not buy the spider's disguise one bit. The last pic is the Synageles looking at me like "Did you just see that?!" It was too funny.
#DailySpiderPic #bugstodon #spiders #AntMimic #JumpingSpiders #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #ants #Araneae #Salticidae #Hymenoptera #Formicidae
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Forgive the subpar photos but I just saw an ant-mimic jumping spider (_Synageles_) investigating a crevice in a wrought-iron fence post. Antennae twitched within. The hole was already occupied by a carpenter ant (_Camponotus_ cf. _novaeboracensis_?) who did not buy the spider's disguise one bit. The last pic is the Synageles looking at me like "Did you just see that?!" It was too funny.
#DailySpiderPic #bugstodon #spiders #AntMimic #JumpingSpiders #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #ants #Araneae #Salticidae #Hymenoptera #Formicidae
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Forgive the subpar photos but I just saw an ant-mimic jumping spider (_Synageles_) investigating a crevice in a wrought-iron fence post. Antennae twitched within. The hole was already occupied by a carpenter ant (_Camponotus_ cf. _novaeboracensis_?) who did not buy the spider's disguise one bit. The last pic is the Synageles looking at me like "Did you just see that?!" It was too funny.
#DailySpiderPic #bugstodon #spiders #AntMimic #JumpingSpiders #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #ants #Araneae #Salticidae #Hymenoptera #Formicidae
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Forgive the subpar photos but I just saw an ant-mimic jumping spider (_Synageles_) investigating a crevice in a wrought-iron fence post. Antennae twitched within. The hole was already occupied by a carpenter ant (_Camponotus_ cf. _novaeboracensis_?) who did not buy the spider's disguise one bit. The last pic is the Synageles looking at me like "Did you just see that?!" It was too funny.
#DailySpiderPic #bugstodon #spiders #AntMimic #JumpingSpiders #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #ants #Araneae #Salticidae #Hymenoptera #Formicidae
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Another Ant Mimic Jumping Spider and another Asian Weaver Ant which it mimics. This is the female jumping spider. Under normal lighting, their color matches very closely too.
#Ants #Spiders #Insects #Mimicry #Nature #Photography #SriLanka #SalticidSunday #Salticidae #Formicidae
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Another Ant Mimic Jumping Spider and another Asian Weaver Ant which it mimics. This is the female jumping spider. Under normal lighting, their color matches very closely too.
#Ants #Spiders #Insects #Mimicry #Nature #Photography #SriLanka #SalticidSunday #Salticidae #Formicidae
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Another Ant Mimic Jumping Spider and another Asian Weaver Ant which it mimics. This is the female jumping spider. Under normal lighting, their color matches very closely too.
#Ants #Spiders #Insects #Mimicry #Nature #Photography #SriLanka #SalticidSunday #Salticidae #Formicidae
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Another Ant Mimic Jumping Spider and another Asian Weaver Ant which it mimics. This is the female jumping spider. Under normal lighting, their color matches very closely too.
#Ants #Spiders #Insects #Mimicry #Nature #Photography #SriLanka #SalticidSunday #Salticidae #Formicidae
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Another Ant Mimic Jumping Spider and another Asian Weaver Ant which it mimics. This is the female jumping spider. Under normal lighting, their color matches very closely too.
#Ants #Spiders #Insects #Mimicry #Nature #Photography #SriLanka #SalticidSunday #Salticidae #Formicidae
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#SpiderSunday: sorry, haven't seen any spiders lately, just ants. Totally normal ants.
#bugstodon #spiders #AntMimic #JumpingSpiders #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #Araneae #Salticidae
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#SpiderSunday: sorry, haven't seen any spiders lately, just ants. Totally normal ants.
#bugstodon #spiders #AntMimic #JumpingSpiders #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #Araneae #Salticidae
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#SpiderSunday: sorry, haven't seen any spiders lately, just ants. Totally normal ants.
#bugstodon #spiders #AntMimic #JumpingSpiders #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #Araneae #Salticidae
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#SpiderSunday: sorry, haven't seen any spiders lately, just ants. Totally normal ants.
#bugstodon #spiders #AntMimic #JumpingSpiders #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #Araneae #Salticidae
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/468244/ Study: Butterflies and Moths Have Reused Same Genetic Toolkit for 120 Million Years #Butterfly #Chetone #Coloration #ConvergentEvolution #Cretaceous #DNA #Éire #Evolution #Gene #Genome #Heliconius #IE #Ireland #Ithomiini #Lepidoptera #Mimicry #Moth #Science #SouthAmerica
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“The fundamental problem here is that #Dawkins doesn’t reflect on how these outputs have been generated. Claude’s outputs are the product of a form of #mimicry, rather than as a report of genuine #internalstates.” open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
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@tikitu A very beautiful #photograph of the beetle #Pygopleurus #vulpes (#Glaphyridae,#Scarabaeoidea), which is native to Greece and Eastern European regions, including Romania, Russia, and Ukraine.The long, contrasting #bodyhairs of the #males are striking, serving as a form of #mimicry to protect them from predators. They mimic the appearance of a defensive #bumblebee, with which birds,for example,have had negative experiences, but also improve pollination, a benefit especially for red plants.
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@tikitu A very beautiful #photograph of the beetle #Pygopleurus #vulpes (#Glaphyridae,#Scarabaeoidea), which is native to Greece and Eastern European regions, including Romania, Russia, and Ukraine.The long, contrasting #bodyhairs of the #males are striking, serving as a form of #mimicry to protect them from predators. They mimic the appearance of a defensive #bumblebee, with which birds,for example,have had negative experiences, but also improve pollination, a benefit especially for red plants.
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@tikitu A very beautiful #photograph of the beetle #Pygopleurus #vulpes (#Glaphyridae,#Scarabaeoidea), which is native to Greece and Eastern European regions, including Romania, Russia, and Ukraine.The long, contrasting #bodyhairs of the #males are striking, serving as a form of #mimicry to protect them from predators. They mimic the appearance of a defensive #bumblebee, with which birds,for example,have had negative experiences, but also improve pollination, a benefit especially for red plants.
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@tikitu A very beautiful #photograph of the beetle #Pygopleurus #vulpes (#Glaphyridae,#Scarabaeoidea), which is native to Greece and Eastern European regions, including Romania, Russia, and Ukraine.The long, contrasting #bodyhairs of the #males are striking, serving as a form of #mimicry to protect them from predators. They mimic the appearance of a defensive #bumblebee, with which birds,for example,have had negative experiences, but also improve pollination, a benefit especially for red plants.
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@tikitu A very beautiful #photograph of the beetle #Pygopleurus #vulpes (#Glaphyridae,#Scarabaeoidea), which is native to Greece and Eastern European regions, including Romania, Russia, and Ukraine.The long, contrasting #bodyhairs of the #males are striking, serving as a form of #mimicry to protect them from predators. They mimic the appearance of a defensive #bumblebee, with which birds,for example,have had negative experiences, but also improve pollination, a benefit especially for red plants.
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Li et al. studied the genomic basis of mimicry in Epicopeiidae moths, finding that TE-driven regulatory innovation rewired developmental gene networks, facilitating the emergence of multiple mimetic forms.
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Li et al. studied the genomic basis of mimicry in Epicopeiidae moths, finding that TE-driven regulatory innovation rewired developmental gene networks, facilitating the emergence of multiple mimetic forms.
