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 10 years ago
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Reef Stonefish - Synanceia verrucosa -
Peacock Flounder - Bothus mancus -
Holy Grail of Nudibranch -
Great potoo, Sani Lodge, Ecuador -
Something camouflaged -
Dead Leaf Grasshopper -
Another leaf-mimic katydid (Typophyllum morrisi) from the Amazon basin -
A leaf-mimic katydid (Typophyllum bolivari) from the Amazon basin -
Pair of Leaves -
Typophyllum morrisi, Finca Heimatlos, Ecuador -
Lichen mantis (Liturgusa sp.), Finca Heimatlos, Ecuador -
Pero sp. -
What do we have here? -
Camouflage -
Spiny-Legged Jumping Spider - Phaeacius malayensis -
Pallid winged grasshopper -
Dun-bar / European Dun-bar in habitat, Heeswijk-Dintherse Bossen, Netherlands -
Children's stick insect -
Small bird-dropping spider (Arkys Cutulus) -
Phyllium Giganteum - Giant Walking Leaf -
Eastern fence lizard -
White-banded Fishing Spider (Dolomedes albineus) ♂ -
Great Camouflage - Wrap around spider - Dolophones turrigera -
Speckled Crab on Hutchinson Island