Many bees and stinging wasps, or aculeates, exhibit striking colour patterns or conspicuous
coloration, such as black and yellow stripes. Such coloration is often interpreted as an …

Plants and animals are often adorned with potentially conspicuous colours (eg red, yellow,
orange, blue, purple). These include the dazzling colours of fruits and flowers, the brilliant …

Deals with all aspects of adaptive resemblance Full colour Covers everything from classic
examples of Batesian, Mullerian, aggressive and sexual mimicries through to human …

Müllerian mimicry, in which two or more harmful species share a similar appearance for
mutual benefit, is a widely appreciated, yet relatively uncommon natural phenomenon …

Velvet ants are a group of parasitic wasps that are well known for a suite of defensive
adaptations including bright coloration and a formidable sting. While these adaptations are …

Abstract Velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) are a family of solitary parasitoid wasps that
are renowned for their painful stings. We explored the chemistry underlying the stings of …

Abstract Naupactini (Curculionidae: Entiminae) is a primarily Neotropical tribe of broad‐
nosed weevils with its highest genus and species diversity in South America. Despite …

Recent studies have delineated a large Nearctic Müllerian mimicry complex in Dasymutilla
velvet ants. Psorthaspis spider wasps live in areas where this mimicry complex is found and …

Abstract The Conoderinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are one of the most distinctive
Neotropical weevil groups in behaviour and appearance, attracting numerous hypotheses …

Citizen scientists in Western Australia photographed silverfish with very striking colour
patterns, resembling velvet ants. When collected and placed into alcohol these colour …