Photo by Carroll E. Younce (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWe have already touched on the mimicry that the Ash Borer displays.\u00a0 Remember when we said they had the body of a wasp?\u00a0 Of course you do, we just mentioned it about 15 seconds ago.\u00a0 Well, this crafty little moth has evolved to look awfully similar to the Paper Wasp.\u00a0 Now when a potential predator is about to attack the Ash Borer, they may think twice, in fear of getting stung.\u00a0 Of course, the Ash Borer doesn’t have a stinger and is completely harmless (to animals, not trees) but the predator doesn’t need to know that, do they?<\/p>\n
Obviously, this is different then the mimicry we discussed yesterday where the Lyrebird was using their vocal talents to attract a mate.\u00a0 Today, the Ash Borer is using mimicry to strike fear into their potential predators.\u00a0 So just how many different types of imitation can there be?\u00a0 Well, you are going to have to stick around for 3 more days to find your answer.<\/p>\n
See you tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, you had to know we weren’t going to get through a week about mimicking animals without talking about one or two insects.\u00a0 Today we are looking at the Ash Borer, also known as the Lilac Borer, which is a type of clear-wing moth.\u00a0 This moth is a serious pest in the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains.\u00a0 Although this moth exemplifies a type of mimicry, they are definitely different than our first animal this week, the Lyrebird. You may have noticed that this insect does not really look like a moth.\u00a0 Instead, they have black and yellow bands, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,4024],"tags":[348,1675,1670,1671,1674,1672,4025,1673],"yoast_head":"\n
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