, ▁Co el op idae , ▁Mil ichi idae ▁and ▁Tr ich oc er idae . Ch a ob or idae ▁form ▁lar val ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁adult ▁sw ar ms . ▁ ▁M im ic ry ▁Many ▁D ip tera ▁are ▁m im etic . ▁An ▁instance ▁is ▁S yr ph idae ▁often ▁are ▁bright ly ▁col oured , ▁with ▁sp ots , ▁stri pes , ▁and ▁bands ▁of ▁yellow ▁or ▁brown ▁covering ▁their ▁bodies . ▁Due ▁to ▁this ▁colour ing , ▁and ▁sometimes ▁behaviour ▁patterns , ▁they ▁are ▁often ▁mistaken ▁for ▁was ps ▁or ▁be es ; ▁they ▁exhib it ▁B ates ian ▁m im ic ry . ▁The ▁wing ▁pattern ▁of ▁the ▁sci om yz id Try pet optera ▁pun ct ul ata ▁is ▁very ▁similar ▁to ▁some ▁Te ph rit idae , ▁and ▁might , ▁in ▁fact , ▁m im ic ▁the ▁colour ▁pattern ▁of ▁some ▁sp iders ▁There ▁are ▁several ▁fly ▁species ▁that ▁look ▁like ▁an ▁ant . ▁At ▁least ▁one ▁species ▁from ▁the ▁little ▁studied ▁Richard i idae ▁genus ▁Se ps is oma ▁m im ic ▁an ts , ▁particularly ▁the ▁form ic ine ▁ant ▁Cam pon ot us ▁cr ass us . ▁Several ▁species ▁of ▁Micro pez idae ▁( st ilt - leg ged ▁f lies ) ▁res emble ▁an ts ▁( es pecially ▁the ▁wing less , ▁hal tere - less ▁Bad isis ▁amb ul ans ), ▁as ▁do ▁species ▁in ▁the ▁genus ▁Str ong y lo ph th al my ia ▁and ▁S yr