Editing Predation (section)

=== Camouflage and mimicry ===
{{further|Camouflage|Aggressive mimicry}}

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| caption1 = A [[camouflage]]d predator: [[snow leopard]] in [[Ladakh]]
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| caption2 = [[Striated frogfish]] uses camouflage and [[aggressive mimicry]] in the form of a fishing rod-like [[Fin ray|lure]] on its head to attract prey.
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Members of the [[Felidae|cat family]] such as the [[snow leopard]] (treeless highlands), [[tiger]] (grassy plains, reed swamps), [[ocelot]] (forest), [[fishing cat]] (waterside thickets), and [[lion]] (open plains) are camouflaged with coloration and [[disruptive pattern]]s suiting their habitats.<ref name=Cott12>{{harvnb|Cott|1940|pages=12–13}}</ref>

In [[aggressive mimicry]], certain predators, including insects and fishes, make use of coloration and behaviour to attract prey. Female ''[[Photuris (genus)|Photuris]]'' [[Firefly|fireflies]], for example, copy the light signals of other species, thereby attracting male fireflies, which they capture and eat.<ref>{{cite journal | author=Lloyd J. E. |year=1965 |title=Aggressive Mimicry in Photuris: Firefly Femmes Fatales |  journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |volume=149 |issue=3684|pages=653–654 |doi=10.1126/science.149.3684.653 |pmid=17747574 |bibcode=1965Sci...149..653L | s2cid=39386614 }}</ref> [[Flower mantis]]es are ambush predators; camouflaged as flowers, such as [[orchid]]s, they attract prey and seize it when it is close enough.<ref>{{cite book |last=Forbes |first=Peter |year=2009 |title=Dazzled and Deceived: Mimicry and Camouflage |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-17896-8 |page=134|title-link=Dazzled and Deceived: Mimicry and Camouflage }}</ref> [[Frogfish]]es are extremely well camouflaged, and actively lure their prey to approach using an [[Fin ray|esca]], a bait on the end of a rod-like appendage on the head, which they wave gently to mimic a small animal, gulping the prey in an extremely rapid movement when it is within range.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bester |first1=Cathleen |title=Antennarius striatus |url=https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/fish/discover/species-profiles/antennarius-striatus |website=Florida Museum |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=31 January 2018|date=5 May 2017 }}</ref>