Identification
Definitions
Types of Mimicry
Mimicry Stories
Miscellaneous
100
Identify the organism this butterfly mimicking
Owl
The organism seen is the Himalayan Owl Butterfly (Brahmaea wallichii)
100
The name of an organism being 'mimicked'
What is a model
(Anderson & de Jager, 2019)
100
This form of mimicry involves a non-deceptive signal commonly used by flowers/plants mimicking a rewarding species to attract more pollinators
What is rewarding mimicry
(Jamie, 2017)
100
A plant that mimics female wasps to get pollinated by male wasps
What are orchids
(Anderson & de Jager, 2019)
100
The most common form of mimicry
What is myrmecomorphy
(Nelson & Card, 2015)
200
Identify the ant from the following images:
a)
b)
Image a) is an ant
Image b) is the mimic (mimetic spider)
(Nelson & Card, 2015)
200
The name of an organism being 'mimicked'
What is a receiver
(Anderson & de Jager, 2019; Nelson & Card, 2015)
200
This form of mimicry is used by harmless organisms to mimic more dangerous, harmful species to avoid predation
What is Batesian mimicry
(Anderson & de Jager, 2019; Nelson & Card, 2015; Jamie, 2017; North Dakota Game and Fish, 2019)
200
A bird species that exhibit orange and black feathers, which warn of toxicity
What is a Pitohui
(Hedley & Caro, 2021)
200
They fool the sensory system of a target by mimicking chemical signals and/or other senses
What are sensory traps
(Font, 2018)
300
Identify the fake sea snake:
a)
b)
Image (a) is the correct answer
(Ureña Gómez-Moreno, 2019)
300
The resemblance to an inedible or uninteresting object (leaf, stick, rock, etc.)
What is masquerade
(Font, 2018)
300
This form of mimicry is used by organisms to make themselves appear like a harmless species
What is aggressive mimicry
(Anderson & de Jager, 2019; Jamie, 2017)
300
This species is known to have grey and brown plumage that looks like scales from a distance and mimics the movement of a viper
What is a Eurasian Wrynecks (Jynx torquilla)
(Hedley & Caro, 2021)
300
This species is known for mimicking a variety of other marine species including the Banded Sea Krait and Flounders
What is a mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus)
(Ureña Gómez-Moreno, 2019; Devlin, n.d.)
400
What is the name of the organism being shown?
Caterpillar (Larvae of Hemeroplanes triptolemus commonly known as the “Snake Mimic Hawk Moth”)
(Sumitra, 2014)
400
A form of mimicry which involves copying the actions and movements of another organism
What is locomotor mimicry
(Anderson & de Jager, 2019; Nelson & Card, 2015)
400
This form of mimicry is used by dangerous species to mimic another dangerous species to avoid predation
What is Müllerian mimicry
(Anderson & de Jager, 2019; Jamie, 2017; North Dakota Game and Fish, 2019)
400
This species of butterfly was initially thought to be an example of Batesian mimicry with monarch butterflies before it was discovered to be an example of Müllerian mimicry
What are Viceroy butterflies
Viceroy
Monarch
(North Dakota Game and Fish, 2019; Devlin, n.d.)
400
The first person to create and use the term 'mimicry' to describe a 3-way interaction of organisms
Who is Henry Walter Bates (1862)
(Wickler, 2013)
500
In which of the following images is the mimic organism hiding (not the coral)?
a)
The Pygmy Seahorse is hiding in image (a)
500
A word to describe organisms that pose warning signals to display danger to predators
What is aposematism
(Anderson & de Jager, 2019)
500
The form of mimicry in which a multitude of organisms mimic ants
What is myrmecomorphy
(Nelson & Card, 2015)
500
This species mimics the hissing of rattlesnakes against mammalian predators
What are burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia)
(Wickler, 2015)
500
This was the first person to describe aposematism
Who is Alfred Wallace (1867)
(Hedley & Caro, 2021)