Aposematic Insects- bright contrasting colours (usually red & black or yellow & black) warn that the insect is distasteful or poisonous - | ||
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Fire Bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus. |
7-spot Ladybird, Coccinella 7-punctata. |
Caterpillar of the Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus.1 |
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Caterpillar of the Cinnabar Moth, Tyria jacobaeae. |
Cinabar Moth, Tyria jacobaeae. |
Common Wasp, Vespula vulgaris.2 |
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