Nature's Oddities
Nature in its strangest forms, either by look, behaviour or name or even just because they defy the normal rules of their species.
Claire Hamilton created this list 11 years ago
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Mantispa styriaca -
Dead-leaf mimic mantis (Acanthops sp.) hanging upside-down from a twig at night near Iquitos, Peru -
Spiny Devil Katydid (Panacanthus cuspidatus) nymph on rainforest leaf -
Barydesmus sp ?, Masoala, Madagascar -
Uroplatus_lineatus -
Leaf Insect -
A Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus) almost done crossing the road near Yulara, Northern Territory, Australia -
Giant Lantern bug (Zanna genus) - side view, Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar -
Hammerhead Worm -
Earthstar!! -
A bit of algae - nope it's crab -
Colorful Chitons -
Moon Snail -
Mimicry.. -
Cionus scrophulariae (Figwort Weevil) -
ID needed -
Bearded saki -
Planthopper (Flatidea) nymph -
Bleeding tooth fungus -
Rat-tailed maggot -
Tree stump spider - Poltys sp -
Mycena covered in Bonnet mould (Spinellus fusiger) -
Membranous Dog-lichen fruiting bodies -
Nicrophorus Beetle arises from fallen fungus - closeup