12Spider-tailed horned viper is a rare and highly venomous snake that uses its tail as bait for birds. The tail with which she waves looks like a spider, and the viper itself blends with the landscape youtube.comc/mimicry · by Toldry@lemmy.world · 2y · 1 comments
60The Buff-Tip Moth: the resting posture, shape, and color/pattern of the buff-tip moth allows it to mimic a broken birch twig; the moth's buff-colored head and the patches on its hindwings even resembl c/mimicry · by Toldry@lemmy.world · 2y · 0 comments
5This moth from the genus Phalera looks like a fragment of twig complete with chipped bark and even the layering of wood tissue at the “cut” ends... perfectly resembling a broken piece of wood to avoid c/mimicry · by Toldry@lemmy.world · 2y · 0 comments
14juvenile Laniocera hypopyrra instinctively mimics a poisonous caterpillar when it senses a predator nearby i.imgur.comc/mimicry · by Toldry@lemmy.world · 2y · 0 comments
16Uropyia meticulodina moth looks like a dead leaf i.imgur.comc/mimicry · by Toldry@lemmy.world · 2y · 1 comments
28Ant spider. Observe how it waves around its “feelers” which are actually front legs i.imgur.comc/mimicry · by Toldry@lemmy.world · 2y · 3 comments
