6.5. An aposematic beetle of the genus Lycus (Coleoptera: Lycidae) on the flower spike of Cussonia (Araliaceae) from South Africa.


An aposematic beetle of the genus Lycus (Coleoptera: Lycidae) on the flower spike of Cussonia (Araliaceae) from South Africa.


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One of Bates’ mimicry complexes from the Amazon Basin involving species from three different lepidopteran families — Methona confusa confusa (Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae) (top), Lycorea ilione ilione (Nymphalidae: Danainae) (second from top), Patia orise orise (Pieridae) (second from bottom), and a day-flying moth of Gazera heliconioides (Castniidae).
One of Bates’ mimicry complexes from the Amazon Basin involving species from three different lepidopteran families — Methona confusa confusa (Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae) (top), Lycorea ilione ilione (Nymphalidae: Danainae) (second from top), Patia orise orise (Pieridae) (second from bottom), and a day-flying moth of Gazera heliconioides (Castniidae).
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A mature cottony-cushion scale, Icerya purchasi (Hemiptera: Margarodidae), with a fully formed ovisac, on the stem of a native host plant from Australia.
A mature cottony-cushion scale, Icerya purchasi (Hemiptera: Margarodidae), with a fully formed ovisac, on the stem of a native host plant from Australia.

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