Camouflage, warning colours, and mimicry

Description

Camouflage, warning colours, and mimicry: how insects survive by hiding or sending visual signals. Stick insects look like twigs, leaf insects look like leaves. Wasps have warning stripes; hoverflies mimic wasps but are harmless. The 'can you spot it?' challenge.

Mastery Evidence

• ✓ Give at least two examples of insect camouflage such as stick insects resembling twigs or leaf insects resembling leaves
• ✓ Explain why bright warning colours like a wasp's yellow and black stripes help the insect survive
• ✓ Describe mimicry by explaining that a harmless insect like a hoverfly copies a dangerous one like a wasp to trick predators