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red+black

Animals exhibiting (primarily) red and black coloration, and whether they're aposematic (and then if they're actively dangerous, they just taste bad/are poisonous if eaten, or they're mimics) or not aposematic at all. Collected as inspiration for a project. Trying to get some plants in here too...need to find some plants that are both red AND black.

red-spotted ant mimic spider (Castianeira descripta)

(wasp?) mimic spider (Castianeira amoena)

1 repin

red-necked woodpecker (Campephilus rubricollis) [not aposematic]

vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) [not aposematic]

red-crested cardinal (Paroaria coronata) [not aposematic]

common cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis?) [not aposematic]

scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea) [not aposematic]

1 repin

pink dragon millipede (Desmoxytes purpurosea) [aposematic - bad taste]

various Heliconius [aposematic - bad taste]

ladybugs (Coccinellidae) [aposematic - bad taste]

2 repins

master blister beetle (Lytta magister) [aposematic - dangerous]

1 repin

scarlet snake (Cemophora coccinea) [not aposematic]

milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum) [aposematic: Batesian mimicry, not dangerous]

coral snakes [aposematic - dangerous]

2 repins

black swan (Cygnus atratus) [not aposematic]

1 repin

milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) [aposematic - bad taste]

Pfeffer's flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) [aposematic - dangerous]

1 repin

Mutillidae (velvet ants) [aposematic - dangerous]

granular poison frog (Oophaga granulifera) [aposematic - dangerous]

Mediterranean black widow (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus) [aposematic - dangerous]

black widow (Latrodectus mactans) [aposematic - dangerous]

2 repins

redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti) [aposematic - dangerous]

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