Color Strategies used in Nature Camouflage Concealing Camouflage Slides: 27 Download presentation Color Strategies used in Nature Camouflage (Concealing) Camouflage (Concealing) n Animal or insect blends in with its surroundings. Camouflage (Concealing) n Animal or insect blends in with its surroundings. Camouflage (Concealing) n Animal or insect blends in with its surroundings. Camouflage (Concealing) n Animal or insect blends in with its surroundings. Disguise Disguise n Animal or insect looks like something uninteresting. Disguise n Animal or insect looks like something uninteresting. Katydid Disguise n Animal or insect looks like something uninteresting. Disguise n Animal or insect looks like something uninteresting. Disruptive Coloring Disruptive Coloring n Spots or stripes break up the body outline. Disruptive Coloring n Spots or stripes break up the body outline. Disruptive Coloring n Spots or stripes break up the body outline. Disruptive Coloring n Spots or stripes break up the body outline. Warning Coloration n Bright colors in striking patterns warn others. Warning Coloration n Bright colors in striking patterns warn others. Warning Coloration n Bright colors in striking patterns warn others. Warning Coloration n Bright colors in striking patterns warn others. Warning Coloration n Bright colors in striking patterns warn others. Mimicry Mimicry n Looking like another animal or insect that’s poisonous or dangerous! Yellow Jacket Wasp Clearwing Moth Mimicry n Looking like another animal or insect that’s poisonous or dangerous! POISONOUS Coral Snake Mimicry HARMLESS King Snake Red next to black, friend of Jac Red next to yellow, KILL a fellow! Müllerian Mimicry n Two different species look similar AND are both poisonous. Viceroy Butterfly Monarch Butterfly