Appo sematic colouration.

Insects will show off their bright colour to warn predators that they are poisonous or unpalatable. Seven spotted ladybirds are very colourful and very distasteful if eaten, common wasps are black and yellow to warn predators that they have a mighty sting. Their are then the mimics that don`t sting or are not poisonous, Wasp beetles,hoverflies and certain moths are three examples. The batesion mimic is the first type of mimic. Its to their advantage to copy insects that do sting when they themselves do not for their protection. Hornet clear wing moths benefit from copying wasps without actually having a sting. The second type of mimic is called a malerian mimicry, In this case both the mimic and the model are distasteful so they both benefit through association and because of this Predators will leave them alone. The third mimic is called aggressive mimicry. This is where a mimic or a parasite or a predator copies his host to get close to it so then it can eat its host or parasite it. Its not just mimicry through colour there is acoustic mimicry where certain types of moths are unpalatable to bats. To advertise this the moths produce a high pitched sound as they are flying. Other palatable moths copy this so the bats think they are unpalatable and don`t eat them.