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4 5 Rana dorada venenosa

Rana dorada venenosa

by Juan EstupiñánMedellín, Antioquia, Colombia

in the pacific region (Chocó). It's bright yellow color, an example of

8 7 Italian Striped-Bug or Minstrel Bug

Italian Striped-Bug or Minstrel Bug

by DanielePralongChardonne, Vaud, Switzerland

black colours indicate that it is foul-tasting (

4 2 Gaudy Grasshopper

Gaudy Grasshopper

by chantel.minnaarMogale City Local Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

they are poisonous (called aposematic ...

2 0 Noctuid moth

Noctuid moth

by dotun55Nigeria

Orange Forester (Euphaedra ruspina) look-alike

5 2 Italian Striped-Bug

Italian Striped-Bug

by GirinukasZarasų miestas, Utenos apskritis, Lithuania

The bold red and black warning colours (

7 1 Red Milkweed Beetle

Red Milkweed Beetle

by Christine Y.Connecticut, USA

Longhorn milkweed beetle with red and black

13 5 Roboastra gracilis

Roboastra gracilis

by SamanthaCravenCebu City, Cebu, Philippines

Beautiful but deadly, this nudibranch is carnivorous, feeding on other ...

5 1 Red Velvet Mite

Red Velvet Mite

by Ingrid3Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Are these aposematically ...

2 5 Cinnabar moth caterpillar

Cinnabar moth caterpillar

by ElsaColchester, England, United Kingdom

The cinnabar moth caterpillar starts out a pale yellow, but as it grows it ...

2 0 Large Milkweed Bug

Large Milkweed Bug

by Christine Y.Connecticut, USA

Orange and black bug that has orange forward-pointing triangles anteriorly and ...

1 2 Spotting

Spotting

by BillifferGuanacaste, Costa Rica

Hairy caterpillar with alternating orange and black stripes. Aprox. 3 ...

4 4 Unidentified flatworm

Unidentified flatworm

by ElsaIndonesia

(aposematic colouration), and false ...

7 4 Blister Beetle

Blister Beetle

by AnjaliAnantharamBangalore, Karnataka, India

are conspicuous and some aposematically ...

10 8 Orange Blister Beetle

Orange Blister Beetle

by NuwanChathurangaAlawwa, Sri Lanka

are conspicuous and some aposematically ...

2 4 Club Bar

Club Bar

by dotun55Nigeria

Caryatis hersilia is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Druce ...

10 3 Nembrotha lineolata

Nembrotha lineolata

by SamanthaCravenOriental Mindoro, Philippines

Aposematic colouring

3 4 Red Milkweed Beetle

Red Milkweed Beetle

by Christine Y.Connecticut, USA

Longhorn beetle with red and black

2 0 Velvet ant

Velvet ant

by BrunoMollerAngra dos Reis, RJ, Brazil

are known for their extremely painful sting. •The colors are used as

0 0 Red Milkweed Beetles

Red Milkweed Beetles

by Christine Y.Connecticut, USA

Mating longhorn milkweed beetles with red and black

1 2 Brown-hooded Owlet caterpillar

Brown-hooded Owlet caterpillar

by Ingrid3Stamford, Connecticut, USA

several inches long, brite yellow black and white striped with red lateral ...

1 2 Red Shouldered Bug

Red Shouldered Bug

by JemmaConcord, California, USA

predators; this phenomenon, a common type of antipredator adaptation, is known ...

1 2 Red Shouldered Bugs

Red Shouldered Bugs

by JemmaConcord, California, USA

predators; this phenomenon, a common type of antipredator adaptation, is known ...

1 0 Red Milkweed Beetle

Red Milkweed Beetle

by dandoucetteNiagara Falls, Ontario, Ontario, Canada

The red and black coloring are aposematic, ...

0 1 Huntsman spider

Huntsman spider

by SatyenMehtaUttarakhand, India

species have undersides more or less

1 1 Red-black shieldbug

Red-black shieldbug

by Marta RubioTexeiraOud-Heverlee, Vlaanderen, Belgium

The striped bug is a colorful bug from the family pentatomids, with

2 0 Striped Shieldbug

Striped Shieldbug

by ClaudiaSPortugal

bulbocastanum, as shown in the photograph. The bold red and black warning ...

6 13 Net-winged Beetle

Net-winged Beetle

by LuisStevensSan Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

black band at end of elytra. Body is soft. NATURAL HISTORY: The coloration is ...

1 2 Malayan Crow

Malayan Crow

by Ronald LoMalaysia

poisonous due to feeding on milkweeds and other toxic plants as caterpillars. ...

5 5 Blister Beetle

Blister Beetle

by Bernadette SEgypt

blistering agent, cantharidin. Many are conspicuous and some

1 3 shield bug nymph

shield bug nymph

by S FrazierIndonesia

Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae: (Lyramorpha)

8 5 Broad-shouldered Leaf Beetle

Broad-shouldered Leaf Beetle

by Diaz José MiguelCartago, Costa Rica

family. These tropical insects usually have bright warning coloration (

1 0 Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar

Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar

by Miguel.DenyerMichigan, USA

plants.[1] The behaviour and aposematic ...

2 1 Hickory Tussock Moth

Hickory Tussock Moth

by TinaProperCenterville, penna, USA

plants (Weller et al. 1999). The behaviour and

39 28 Giant Mesquite Bug

Giant Mesquite Bug

by YofranAlbarránMorelos, Mexico

"The bright, conspicuous colors of the Giant Mesquite Bug nymphs are a form of ...

7 0 Minstrel Bug

Minstrel Bug

by JifouPays de la Loire, Tromelin Island

The bold red and black warning colours (

0 0 Cyanide Millipede / Yellow-spotted millipede

Cyanide Millipede / Yellow-spotted millipede

by FakawiTribeJohor, Malaysia

2cm long. black body with bright yellow protruding plates on sides. curls up ...

0 1 Decorator crab (Philippines)

Decorator crab (Philippines)

by KitchilPusCebu, Philippines

Decorator crab (Philippines)

5 1 Orange Longhorn

Orange Longhorn

by Felix FleckCairns, QLD, Australia

the tip of the elytra. Perhaps a wasp mimic? Or just

4 0 Orange Blister Beetle

Orange Blister Beetle

by Chris79Uva Province, Sri Lanka

Black and red bug spotted in the evening in Gal Oya, Sri Lanka.

5 0 Blister Beetle

Blister Beetle

by drpadhiyar23Sayan, Gujarat, India

aposematically colored, announcing their ...

1 0 Graeffe's Sea Cucumber

Graeffe's Sea Cucumber

by Eric NooraBatangas, Philippines

This sea cucumber employs mimicry in its juvenile form. It mimics an

0 0 Marbled white

Marbled white

by Marta RubioTexeiraOlsztyn, województwo warmińsko-mazurskie, Poland

insectivorous birds, and is probably a form of

4 5 Velvet Mite

Velvet Mite

by LarsKorbHohenhorn, Schleswig-Holstein (Landmasse), Germany

(aposematism). Almost nothing is known ...

1 5 Velvet Ant

Velvet Ant

by LuisStevensSan Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

or orange but may also be black, white, silver, or gold. Their bright colours ...

0 0 Mesquite Giant Beetle

Mesquite Giant Beetle

by CopterdanArizona, USA

Giant Mesquite Bug nymphs are striped red and white and have plump, red and ...

2 2 Red-black Shieldbug

Red-black Shieldbug

by JeannetteRegion Nordjylland, Denmark

bulbocastanum, as shown in the photograph. The bold red and black warning ...

3 1 Assassin Bug

Assassin Bug

by AgnesAdiqueTalaveraLaguna, Philippines

(millipedes). The bugs are known for their

1 0 Italian Striped-Bug, Chinche rayada

Italian Striped-Bug, Chinche rayada

by arlandaMadrid, Madrid, Spain

and black warning colours (aposematism) ...

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