Which consequence results when an imitating fly lacking appropriate coloration encounters mockingbird predation?

💡 Explanation

Reduced camouflage increases predation, therefore, natural selection increasingly favors cypsis, a separate camouflage adaption, rather than increasing mimicry traits, because the deception signal does meet its predator's expectations through Müllerian mimicry initially.

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