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[Significant mimicry]
This is a type of mimicry that benefits from intentionally conspicuous behavior, and can be further divided into three types: Batesian mimicry, Müllerian mimicry, and aggressive mimicry. Batesian mimicry is a type of mimicry in which an animal that is not naturally unpleasant tastes avoids predators by mimicking only the appearance of another animal (model) that has a bad taste or is poisonous. The animal that imitates is called a mimic. Batesian mimicry is particularly common in insects, such as the female female kabuto moth that mimics a poisonous brown butterfly, the long-tailed swallowtail butterfly and the false swallowtail butterfly that mimic a poisonous musk swallowtail, the cockroach family of Southeast Asia that moves around during the day mimicking a ladybug that exudes bad-tasting juice, and the grasshopper moth and long-horned beetle that resemble bees with poisonous stingers.

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［標識的擬態mimicry］
　わざと目だつことによって利益を得るもので，これはさらにベーツ型擬態，ミュラー型擬態，攻撃擬態の三つに分けられる。ベーツ型擬態は，本来まずくない動物がまずい味や毒をもつ別の動物(モデル)に外見だけを似せることによって外敵から免れるもので，まねをしている動物は擬態者mimicと呼ばれる。ベーツ型擬態はとくに昆虫で多く見られ，カバマダラ(毒をもつ)に擬態するメスアカムラサキの雌，ジャコウアゲハ(毒をもつ)に擬態するオナガアゲハやアゲハモドキ，まずい汁を出すテントウムシに擬態して昼間動きまわる東南アジアのゴキブリの仲間，毒針をもつハチ類によく似たスカシバガやトラカミキリの仲間などがこれにあたる。…

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