Check understanding

• Give at least two examples of insect camouflage such as stick insects resembling twigs or leaf insects resembling leaves
• Explain why bright warning colours like a wasp's yellow and black stripes help the insect survive
• Describe mimicry by explaining that a harmless insect like a hoverfly copies a dangerous one like a wasp to trick predators

“If you showed your child pictures of stick insects hiding on branches or hoverflies pretending to be wasps, could they explain why those insects look the way they do?”