Two further cases of mimicry, flies resembling a wasp in the one and a bee in the other. A case of mimicry where a non-venomous snake resembles a venomous one

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, 2009
Language(s):: English
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Insects
Snakes
Pigmentation
Adaptation, Biological
Genre(s):: Pictorial Works
Book Illustrations
Abstract:: Image of facing pages (p. 84-85) from Darwinism illustrated : wood-engravings explanatory of the theory of evolution / selected and drawn under the direction of Prof. George J. Romanes. Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co., 1892. Page 84 shows illustration of flies mimicking a wasp and a bee. Page 85 shows illustration of two snakes with similar pigmentation, a non-venomous snake (Erythrolamprus Venustissimus) and a venomous one, (Elaps Fulvius).
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Exhibition:: Exhibited: "Rewriting the book of nature"
Related Title(s):: Rewriting the book of nature and Is part of: Darwinism illustrated; See related catalog record: 60840660R
Extent:: 1 online resource (1 image)
NLM Unique ID:: 101594883 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A032886
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101594883

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