companero [he/him] to Earth • edit-21 year agoThe Wasp Mantidfly is not closely related to wasps, mantises, or fliesimagemessage-square6 fedilinkarrow-up148file-text
arrow-up148imageThe Wasp Mantidfly is not closely related to wasps, mantises, or fliescompanero [he/him] to Earth • edit-21 year agomessage-square6 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]hexbear12·1 year agoThat's got to be mimicry so it hopefully it's less likely to become somebody's lunch. --- Ninja edit Climaciella brunnea, The Wasp Mantidfly (Mantispidae: Neuroptera) The wasp mantidfly exhibits Batesian mimicry — a form of mimicry where an otherwise harmless species mimics the physical attributes of a dangerous species, in this case a paper wasp, to avoid predation. link
That's got to be mimicry so it hopefully it's less likely to become somebody's lunch.
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