Aposematic Insects

- bright contrasting colours (usually red & black or yellow & black) warn that the insect is distasteful or poisonous -
fire bug
Fire Bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus.		 7-spot ladybird
7-spot Ladybird, Coccinella 7-punctata.		 monarch caterpillar
Caterpillar of the Monarch Butterfly,
Danaus plexippus.1
cinnabar caterpillar
Caterpillar of the Cinnabar Moth, Tyria jacobaeae.		 cinnabar moth
Cinabar Moth, Tyria jacobaeae.		 common wasp
Common Wasp, Vespula vulgaris.2
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