Rarely seen toxic locusts during courtship - aposematic warning colours in insects

Camouflage is often an effective way of avoiding detection, however it does not deter the incredible olfactory senses of a hungry meerkat. Meerkats will sniff out food irrespective of how well hidden it may be to other senses. However a hungry meerkat will leave brightly marked toxic food such as these locusts an initial unfortunate learning encounter. Brightly marked species that are toxic often have to endure the inexperienced discoveries of predators for the greater good of their own sp