Mimesis (biology)
In biology, mimesis (from ancient Greek μίμησις mímēsis, "imitation") refers to a form of crypsis where living creatures mimic the form, colour and posture of their surroundings to avoid being noticed from their surroundings by predators depending on sight. Mimesis is a form of crypsis and thus differs from mimicry, which is a form of aposematism. In English mimesis is often counted as a form of mimicry.Mimesis can be divided by the type of objects being mimicked:

Zoomimesis refers to mimicry of different animals. Contrary to mimicry, in zoomimesis the model animal is neither poisonous or capable of putting up a fight. Examples include various visitor species of ants (myrmecophily), resembling the ants in whose nests they live.