Nature’s greatest method actors: the insects that cosplay bumblebees
Left: Bee-mimicking hoverfly (Eristalis intricarius) on a purple flower. Right: bumblebee, also on purple flower. L: Peter O'Connor/Wikipedia. R: Pixabay (CC0), CC BY-NC-SA Deception is everywhere in nature. Animals and plants routinely cheat, lie and manipulate for their own benefit. One example is mimicry, where one species (the mimic) has evolved to resemble another (the […]
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