Animals that mimic other animals (e.g. viceroy and monarch)
Observation | Mimicry |
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Shark | |
WhatGenus CordylochernesObserverandybetterDescriptionCordylochernes pseudoscorpion on the abdomen of a harlequin beetle, Acrocinus longimanus. |
Symbiont. Phoresy |
Photos / SoundsWhatCalifornia Flattened Jumping Spider (Platycryptus californicus)Observerlittlequeen |
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Photos / SoundsWhatGenus SynagelesObserverhsug1747DescriptionAnother ant mimic species, only a few feet away from where yesterday’s Sarinda sp. was. On planted Rhaphiolepis indica at the border between lawn and natural DG habitat. Observed attempting to catch a springtail. |
Ant mimic ("myrmecomorph"), most closely resembling Linepithema humile in the area |
Photos / SoundsWhatWestern Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)ObserverlittlequeenDescriptionDead, preyed on by Bold Jumping Spider, Phidippus audax. |
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Photos / SoundsWhatBold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)ObserverlittlequeenDescriptionOne of my favorite observations ever! With Western Honey Bee, Apis mellifera prey. |
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Batesian Mimicry | |
Photos / SoundsWhatCalifornia Flattened Jumping Spider (Platycryptus californicus)Observerlittlequeen |
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WhatEastern Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis ssp. fugax)Observeri_c_riddellDescription3 perched on top of tree after other birds had fled from a raptor. Noisily mimicing Black-backed Puffback, which was answering |
Black-backed Puffback |
Photos / SoundsWhatEurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)ObservertreeyeeDescription模仿巨嘴鴉叫聲,跟附近一隻巨嘴鴉同時叫 |
mimicking sound of Large-billed Crow |
Photos / SoundsWhatEuropean Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)Observerkyle_eaton_photographyDescriptionPerched atop a tree. This tree was cut down by the homeowner not long after. It flew away after a minute. It was mimicking other bird calls, which I haven't seen them do in person before. |
Yes, mimicking multiple birds. |
Photos / SoundsObserverzepherpDescriptionUnknown grasshopper species, appears to be mimicking a moth, with its folded legs resembling wings. My initial impression was that it was a moth attacked by cordyceps fungus, but it was a healthy living grasshopper. length of body + head was approximately 7mm. Width from knee to knee, approx. 19mm. |
forward pointing legs looked like the back-swept wings of a moth. Cerci gave the impression of antennae. |
WhatCape Southern Fiscal (Lanius collaris ssp. collaris)ObservermariedelportDescriptionTerrible shot but very interesting observation for me. This slightly eye-browed fiscal was mimicking a White-fronted Bee-Eater. |
Common Fiscal Shrike mimicking the call of White-fronted Bee-Eater |
sand | |
Photos / SoundsWhatGenus SynagelesObserverarlojamesbarnesDescriptionwas laying down a silk trail on my windshield |
ant |
Wasp mimic | |
Prothonotary Warbler | |
House Wren | |
ichneumonidae | |
ObservergbohneDescriptionFamily: Cantharidae (leatherwing or soldier beetle, Weichkäfer)
Indonesia, W-Papua, Manokwari, Arfak Mts.: Syoubrig (Mokwam), ca. 1600m asl., 13.08.2010; IMG_3949 |
Lycidae (Coleoptera) |
WhatNorthern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)Observerashley_bradfordDescriptionA virtuoso of a bird, I just stood there recording in wonder as it went through its impressive catalog of impressions of Carolina Wrens, Blue Jays, cardinals, and more. The only other birds vocalizing here are House Sparrows chirping near the beginning, and I think a starling made a noise sort of near the end. Sadly it was right next to a road, but you can still hear the song over the passing cars. My analysis of the birds mimicked in the song: Starts with a titmouse scold, then a single Blue Jay call, then several different Carolina Wren songs in a row (which is interesting to me - did it hear them all together from one bird, or does it somehow know all those come from one species? That seems unlikely, but… ?)
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mockingbird mimicking songs of other bird species |
Photos / SoundsWhatDacerla mediospinosaObserverkuedaDescriptionI encountered two on manzanita, and this one was very clearly sticking its rostrum into a marginal leaf gall (Tamalia?). Perhaps it was predating insect larvae within the gall, because these galls tend to be hollow without much juicy stuff to suck on. |
True bug mimicking ant |