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When a species of fly has a bold coloration very similar to that of an unpalatable?

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Mullerian mimicry. Unpalatable means not tasty. If an animal (fly) is copying a toxic or unpalatable animal, it must be for survival. If predators know that one animal is unpalatable, the predator would not eat a fly that looks similar to that unpalatable animal.
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