Larva of a sphinx hawk moth (Hemeroplanes triptolemus).
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Has anyone done probability calculations (not rhetoric or theorizing) for purely random evolution for this, via natural selection acting on random mutation (Darwinism)?
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See also: Orchids with monkey faces and A moth’s wings feature two flies picking at a pile of bird dropping.
Has anyone established that these impostures “fool” any life form into avoiding the plant?