generate questions: Insects were among the earliest terrestrial herbivores and acted as major selection agents on plants. Plants evolved chemical defenses against this herbivory and the insects, in turn, evolved mechanisms to deal with plant toxins. Many insects make use of these toxins to protect themselves from their predators. Such insects often advertise their toxicity using warning colors. This successful evolutionary pattern has also been used by mimics. Over time, this has led to complex groups of coevolved species. Conversely, some interactions between plants and insects, like pollination, are beneficial to both organisms. Coevolution has led to the development of very specific mutualisms in such systems.
What type of defense did plants adaptively evolve in response to insects? {sep_token} What is the term for a plant-eating insect? {sep_token} What do many insects adaptively utilize in self-defense from predators? {sep_token} How is toxicity sometimes visibly displayed by insects as a warning? {sep_token} What is an example of a mutually beneficial process indicating the coevolution of plants and insects? {sep_token} Insects are considered terrestrial what? {sep_token} What were insects the major selection agents of? {sep_token} What did plants eventually form against insects? {sep_token} Insects formed mechanisms to shield against what? {sep_token} Insects show how toxic they are with what kind of colors?