Summary 3:


1. Camouflaging and mimicry have helped defenceless insects escape from their predators. 2.
Camouflaging requires insects to have body colors close to the surroundings so as to appear less
eye-catching to predators.

3. The moth caterpillars look like dead twigs while certain butterfly caterpillars resemble bird
droppings.

4. Some butterflies and moths have wings that resemble dried leaves.

5. Mimicry requires harmless insects to adopt the body colors and shapes of the wasps and bees so
as to fool their predators into thinking that they are dangerous.

6. Predators usually avoid them, thinking they have stings too.

7. The bee-fly and hoverfly assimilate the body colors of the bumble bee and wasps respectively and
the bee-fly even hums like the bumble bee. ( 118 words )