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“People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy."
- Oliver Goldsmith
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The 'mimic' benefits from a resemblance to a model.

Examples: Bees (models) and Flies (mimics), Wasps (models) and Flies (mimics), Ant (model) and Bug (mimic). The mimic benefit from looking a model that has a defense.

I am showing pairs of model and mimic where possible. However, the insect I show as the model may not be the actual model but is similar for purposes of illustration.
Drone fly - Eristalis or Palpada sp.?Weevil wasp 2 - Cerceris sp.Common oblique syrphid - Allograpta obliquaMining bee 1  - Andrena sp.Tachinid fly - Gymnosoma sp.Plant bug - Closterocoris amoenusYellow jacket mimic - Chrysotoxum sp.mimicry