What is Aposematism?
Aposematism is a strategy used by some animals to alert others to their presence and promote avoidance. This usually is in the context of warning coloration, but the warning signal can also take the form of a shape, call, or smell. Some examples of animals that display aposematism include wasps, certain dragonflies, tiger moth, black widow spider, coral snake, cobras, ladybugs, cuttlefish, the poison dart frog, and other assorted insects, reptiles, amphibians, and birds. Even some plants, like foxgloves, employ aposematism. Aposematism is diametrically opposed to another common evolutionary strategy, crypsis. Crypsis consists of an animal concealing itself, while aposematism is the opposite — attracting attention to itself. But the animal usually only attracts attention to itself because it has something to back itself up — usually venom, but sometimes a foul taste or poisonous flesh. Being wary, predators and other animals avoid the warning. An avoidance of animals with bright color
