The hammer orchid's flower mimics the female wasp looking upward for a male flying by, complete with a fake shiny head and furry body. The orchid even releases an enticing female wasp pheromone.

Studying C. maculate-D. coccinellae interactions in the lab, Dheilly and her colleagues found that the onset of beetle behavioral modification occurred long after the bite and oviposition by the wasp.

Pacific beetle-mimic cockroaches may look much like other cockroaches, but they do something no other cockroach does: they give birth to live young. Instead of laying eggs, Diploptera punctata females ...