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Agamas are active during the day and are often found scampering around to snatch up their favourite foods. They can tolerate greater temperatures than most reptiles, but in the afternoon when temperatures reach around 38 °C they will settle into the shade and wait for it to cool. Frequent fighting breaks out between males; such fighting involves a lot of bobbing and weaving in an attempt to scare the opponent. If it comes to blows, they lash out with their tails and threaten each other with open jaws. Many older males have broken tails as a result of such fights. Females may sometimes chase and fight one another, while hatchlings mimic the adults in preparation for their future.
Two of the only listed hunters who can only be hired as a pair, Mimic and Echo possess an unbreakable bond. They each have the power to replicate any physical or martial technique they have ever witnessed, allowing them to defeat much more powerful opponents through raw skill and teamwork.
Throughout its life cycle, the Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) is a master of mimicry.
Adult butterflies mimic the foul-tasting Pipevine Swallowtail in shape and coloration...so they're less likely to get eaten.
In it's larval stage, (like this fourth instar) the Spicebush Caterpillar displays an intimidating, snake-like "face" to ward off birds and other predators.
...or maybe, they think he's just too cute to eat?
Susquehanna State Park
Harford County, Maryland
September 9, 2015
Orange-legged Drone Fly (Eristalis flavipes) Chignecto National Wildlife Area, Nova Scotia, Canada. Ramsar site no. 320.
That's my best general guess. ID anyone? It's about the same size as a honeybee.
It's sipping nectar from Sea Lavender.
MLK Shoreline RP, Oakland, CA
Gypsy's Cuckoo Bee (Bombus bohemicus) is a species of socially parasitic cuckoo bumblebee found in most of Europe. B. bohemicus practices inquilinism, or brood parasitism, of other bumblebee species. B. bohemicus is a generalist parasite, successfully invading several species from genus Bombus. The invading queen mimics the host nest's chemical signals, allowing her to assume a reproductively dominant role as well as manipulation of host worker fertility and behaviour.
B. vestalis is very similar to B. bohemicus. They can be separated by the antennal segments - if segment 3 equals the length of segment 5 = B. bohemicus; and if 3 is shorter than 5, then it is B. vestalis. B. vestalis parasities Bombus terrestis so closely mimics this species and therefore has a darker yellow band on the thorax, whereas B. bohemicus has a paler yellow band to mimic its host species - Bombus lucorum.
Photo by Nick Dobbs, 09-07-2023, Bournemouth, Dorset
An ant-mimicking sepsis fly, also known as a lesser dung fly, sitting on the edge of a Japanese anemone leaf.
Hover fly. Probably Simosyrphus grandicornis, family Syrphidae, or a close relative. They mimic bees and or wasps but are flies. And they hover.
The Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus) catepillar is adapted to look nearly ideantical to a juniper leaf. This one was living on a Utah Juniper (Juniperus osteosperma).
Ah, a wonderful view of the proboscis extracting nectar!
I love the orange veins and white dots and dashes on the wings of this tiger butterfly. Tithorea are large butterflies which fly in sunny glades where they are easily confused with Heliconius such as ismenius, numata or hecale. The easiest way to distinguish Tithorea from their mimics is to examine the antennae. Tithorea antennae are gradually tapered, cream colored and drooping.
Tithorea harmonia is one of the most common and widespread of the toxic "tiger" species found from Mexico to the southern Amazon. There are 26 named subspecies.
Tithorea harmonia, Harmonia Tiger-wing or Harmonia Tiger
Wings of the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Looks so beautiful and colourful, also maybe sweet like candy, really wanted to have a bite on this little guy.
A wasp mimic butt for beautiful Bug Butt Thursday! HBBBT everyone! (If anyone can help with an ID that would be great - thanks!)
A fly that might be wasp mimic maybe?. Either from the Syrphidae family or the Conophidae family is the best guess on the What's This Bug reddit forum. I'll update if I get more info. Tech: Nikon 4x BE infinite obj. microscope lens w no tube (I think it works better that way!) at maybe 3.5x repro ratio.