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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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 -
Mossy -
On the move -
Anonistus cf. scariosus - Anonistus Katydid (Burmeister, 1838) -
Keeled Treehopper - Entylia carinata -
Bird's Poo! -
Leopard Flounder (Bothus pantherinus) -
Can you find us? -
Saint George Island Gecko (Aristelliger georgeensis) -
Mimetic moth -Eupithecia sp. -
Lilliput longarm octopus -Macrotritopus defilippi (ID Tentative) -
I'm a Stone -
Leaf mimicking Grasshopper - Systella dusmeti -
Túngara frog camouflage, Uraba, Colombia -
A Giant Hatchetfish (Argyropelecus gigas) -
Sargassum Angler (Histrio histrio).