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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Small leaf mimic ♂ (Rhinodia rostraria) -
Marojejy Leaf Chameleon top view, Marojejy, Madagascar -
Bright Twisted moth ♂ (Parepisparis lutosaria) -
Splendid Ghost Moth -female (Aenetus ligniveren) -
Stub moth ( Discophlebia sp.(1) ) -
Green grass psednura (Psednura pedestris) -
Leaf mimic moth (Monoctenia falernaria) -
Mealybug destroyer (Cryptolaemus montrouzieri) -
Wrap-around spider (Dolophones sp.) -
Great Potoo and baby -
Marojejy leaf chameleon, master of stealth -
Dead-leaf mimic mantis (Miracanthops sp.) hanging upside-down at night near Iquitos, Peru -
A Western Leaf Lizard (Stenocercus fimbriatus) blending in, near Iquitos, Peru -
Gephyromantis oelkrugi, Masoala NP, Madagascar -
Can you see me? -
A Sonoran Desert Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma goodei) vanishes against the desert gravel -
Laomenes_amboinensis -
Sawblade Shimp (Tozeuma_armatum) -
Dragon Sea Moth -
Thirsty Leaf -
Pygmy Seahorse, camouflaging in its Gorgonian Fan home -
Brown creeper (Certhia americana) -
Phyllodesma ilicifolia -
Pseudophyllus titan