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5 - Predation - Coggle Diagram
5 - Predation
Crypis
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cryptic insects - match behaviour to lifestyle (move slowly and only when necessary to avoid detection)
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Mimicry
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Batesian mimicry
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female tiger swallowtail (papilio glaucus) copies toxic pipevine swallowtail butterfly. Only happens when the tiger swallowtail are in abundance as then they camoflauge well
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Warning - Aposematism
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slow, deliberate movement to provide time for predators to recognise them before attacking
warning signal to predators - bright patterns of red, yellows, orange, white, black to advertise their presence
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Unprofitability
Definition = signalling that detection has occurred and that further approach would result in a predatory attack
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