Scientists used 3D-printed insect models to study how disguises help harmless species fool predators and survive in the wild.

Predation experiments using models of edible flies and stinging wasps provide some answers to a long-standing evolutionary puzzle in mimicry research. The researchers began by training wild great ...

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3D printed models of a common wasp. The model in front is life-sized.

A jumping spider considers a set of 3D printed insects, which include a fly (top right), a wasp (next to the spider) and a ...

Keywords: edible, Acheta domesticus, Tenebrio molitor, Apis mellifera, space mission Citation: Guidetti R, Jensen AB, Copplestone D, Heer M, Pittia P, Rebecchi L and Berggren Å (2025) Insects in outer ...