Masters of Camouflage
Camouflage is a key strategy of species to hide from predators, but also to be invisible for prey. Typically, camouflaged species blend in with their environment. Yet, there are also species who use camouflage to do the opposite. For example, the Attackus butterfly has a snake head pattern on their wings to make it look like something scary.
Ferdy Christant created this list 14 years ago
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Beaufort's flathead- Cymbacephalus beauforti -
Antennarius randalli -
Estuarine stonefish - Synanceia horrida -
Depressed Spider Crab (Xenocarcinus depressus) -
Find the Fish! - Engyprosopon macrolepis -
Zaretis hurin, Yunguillo, Colombia -
Leaf-like grasshopper, Yunguillo, Colombia -
Leaf Insect -
Solenostomus paradoxus -
Lilliput longarm octopus -Macrotritopus defilippi (ID Tentative) -
Decorator crab -
Mossy Crab Spider, La Isla Escondida, Colombia -
Largescale Flounder - Engyprosopon_grandisquama -
Giant Swallowtail Caterpillar -
Mossy stick insect, La Isla Escondida, Colombia -
Haemodiasma tessellata, La Isla Escondida, Colombia -
Bark or bug? -
Giuliana the Ghost Mantis -
Ugly but delicious -
Stick on Stick -
A Kinabalu Sticky Frog (Kalophrynus baluensis) hiding in the leaf litter -
Championica montana -
Decorator crab -
Glass Anemone Shrimp (Periclimenes brevicarpalis) - male