#aposematic

[bumblechub]

saddleback caterpillar, Acharia stimulea!

they don't actually have faces like this. I just couldn't help myself 😅

#bug art #bug #bugs #bugblr #insect art #entomology #id in alt #insects #insect #lepidoptera #caterpillar #aposematic

[flurfyjewelwf]

Aposematia | Ivara

“mother, / when you grew me into garden / you watered colors too inviting. / shades of earth proved the palette of prey. may / I paint myself with poison, / mother?” … “perhaps then / your laws will rule me / too deadly to touch” — from “Aposematic” by Anna Maria

#warframe #warframe captura #edited captura #tennocreate #ivara warframe #ivara #ivara prime #ivara tennogen #dread warframe #aposematic

[rcannon992]

Bees saying 'back off or get stung'!

Bumblebees sometimes raise a leg, or two, when they feel threatened. I first came across this phenomenon myself when following a cuckoo bumblebee with a camera, trying to get a good close-up shot (below). Field cuckoo bumblebee (Bombus campestris) male, Spain, with raised midleg. Photo by Raymond JC Cannon Macro photographers like myself are usually very respectful of our targets, but sometimes…

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#antipredator #aposematic #bees #Bombus impatiens #Bumblebees #disturbance leg-lift response #honest signal #Hymenoptera #leg-raising #leg-raising bees

[packedwithfacts]

Animals having bright colours in order to ward off predators is called an ‘Aposematic Mechanism’.

It can also be shortened to just aposematic.

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#dictionary #aposematic #animals #animal facts #facts #random facts #fun fact

[creatureimages]

lycid beetle and its belid weevil mimic!

#beetles #weevil #coleoptera #lycidae #belidae #rhinotia #i think the mimicry is just presumed but as far as i can tell #the lycid beetle's colouration is aposematic because they're full of tasty toxins #i think there are some other insects that mimic the lycids

[reborrowing]

actually working on making reference sheets for my gt characters

already I’m like ah no, not enough context—Rootstone warren is a smallfolk/borrower colony in the woods near a lake

#will probably adjust colors as I see it on other screens but #I need everyone to know her idiot colors are actually intended as aposematism #g/t #giant tiny #g/t ocs #reocs #oc: coop #unwarranted tag #I need to look up how to do text so I can make #smaller neater info boxes #rather than wasting space on my sloppy handwriting

[aposematicbastard]

Fucking SOBBING

#damian wayne #dick grayson #jason todd #bruce wayne #batfam #hurt/comfort #angst #hopeful ending #bittersweet #ow my feelings #ao3 fanfic #fics #fic #aposematic fic recs

[amoralmorel]

listen. i need markings like perhaps that of a poisonous frog that indicate to the world that i am aroace. because. well. i do not wish to be apostrophized by people with intentions.

#me.txt #ace #aro #not to mention i am bad at catching the intentions until it is too late #so like pls #for my sake and all of gods creations’ #give me the frog markings #anyway just googled poison dart frogs and learned the word aposematic #cool word i like it

[tenspontaneite]

Seven Red Suns biomechanical dragon concept, very rough sketch, design will likely be changed and refined.

Depicted in normal colouration (top) and threat display/darksun colouration (bottom). Artificial chromatophores permit colour changing at will or under preprogrammed circumstances.

Credits @medi-bee for making me think of dragon iterators in the first place, and @ressioo for inspiring the threat display colour scheme.

#rain world #seven red suns #rw seven red suns #rw srs #dragon iterators #the threat colour is intentional aposematism #mimicking the red and black colour scheme of some of rain world's top predators #my art

[snowquills]

aposematism

#double life smp #dlsmp #dlsmp pearl #pearlescentmoon #pearlescentmoon fanart #dlsmp fanart #double life smp fanart #trafficblr #aposematism: prey advertising itself to seem dangerous to eat or attack #aka pearl having a red life skin while green and also very vengeful is SO interesting #based off the owlet moth <33 #tw eye contact #tw scopophobia #art <3 #return to

[cannedpeachess]

#piofiore #piofiore meme #nicola francesca #two faced snake #(affectionate) #brightly colored frogs #aposematism #textpost meme

[painted-bees]

Raf latched on to the cheap dollar store star-framed sunglasses because he half-consciously felt that the 10 foot radius AoE tackiness they emitted would serve as an adequate deterrent against the kind of folks who'd to chum up to him for the optics.

Unfortunately, and wholly unbeknownst to him, those clunky plastic frames have been assimilated into his natural charm, providing a +2 charisma modifier, instead.

#He has a few different pairs #All bright colors #An adopted aposematism #Hi-Note #rafael

[learnyouabiology]

Aposematism is when a poisonous or otherwise gross/ dangerous/ unprofitable species uses pretty, bright colours (or some other noticeable signal) to warn predators “Do Not Eat!”

Unfortunately, many predators are not born knowing this, so they generally have to learn through trying something new and having a very unpleasant experience!

AKA: aposematism (usually) relies on predator learning!

#aposematism #biology meme #science meme #biology #science #sciblr #wild green memes for ecological fiends #behavioural ecology #predator learning #there are SOME species that are innately wary of bright prey #but that's generally believed to be a minority #over and over naive predators show no fear of an aposematic species until AFTER it has had a bad experience

[sukimas]

the calculus does change a little bit if it's the first snake species i ever encountered up close back to see me again (coral snake, antivenom only recently started to be produced again) but even then, stick wins. they're very polite. bats aren't very polite.

#i assumed a state-native snake species (can be lethal but generally aren't with treatment within ~a couple days) #but very few things in this country are Kills You besides water snakes #“why is that the first snake species you encountered up close” they crossed the sidewalk in front of my home and i was 3 #i did not try to touch them though. aposematism works on baby humans

[muzzleroars]

What's the story behind the hazard sign on the feedbacker? Did V1 just feel stylish or is it your take on the feedbackers look?

i really just decided to add it to give the feedbacker a significantly different look than v1's standard arm, but i like to think it is something that v1 created in order to have a much larger surface to parry from. i think of the springplate as being less accurate than the feedbacker's knuckles, but it's a safer bet if it can't bank on being precise in the moment. v1 chose the hazard stripes for it because i just think it loves bold, contrasting patterns and overly bright colors lol

#its fashion sense is aposematism #it added it quite early on in its descent #as it learned that parrying was going to be a vital resource to it #cake answers

[drhoz]

#2106 - Copidita sp.

Probably C. sloanei. The aposematic colouration is honest despite the common name - Oedemerids contain canthardin, a rather nasty blistering agent.

Copidita is a genus of False Blister Beetle found in the SW and East of Australia, the West coast of North America, and a few places in Central and South America, which is certainly not a distribution I've seen before. The genus has been around since at least the Eocene, as there's a fossil one known from Colorado. There's some evidence from other fossils in amber that the Oedemerids originally fed on cycad pollen before switching to angiosperms.

The Oedemerids in general are pollen-feeders, with over 1500 known species, mostly Oriental and Neotropical. The larvae feed on rotting wood. One species, Nacerda melanura, is native to Europe but has become a problem in other parts of the world where the larvae destroy salt-water soaked wood at piers. They're also apparently partial to urine-soaked telegraph poles.

Molonglo Valley, ACT

#oedemeridae #false blister beetle #australian beetle #aposematic colouration #australian capital territory #copidita