The mimicry is near-perfect. For example, the Australian hammer orchid has taken advantage of a mating ritual of the Thynnid wasp, which involves a female wasp waiting on top of a branch or plant ...

Their bodies are also yellow with a dark pattern. The similar colouration and pattern shared by a number of social wasps is a form of Müllerian mimicry. This is where well-defended species have ...

Here are ten animals that use mimicry in the most interesting ways. The Katydid is an unassuming little insect, so it may ...

Sometimes the mimicry is not visual but auditory, as in some harmless flies that emit a sound just like the buzzing of an angry bee or wasp, keeping attackers away. Another, more unusual variety ...

This biochemical mimicry tricks the ants into treating the galls like food. The collaboration benefits both parties: the ants gain a nutritional reward, while the wasp larvae receive protection ...