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TRUE LEAF INSECTS or WALKING LEAVES The family Phylliidae (often misspelled Phyllidae) contains the extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkable leaf mimics in the entire animal kingdom. They occur from South Asia through Southeast Asia to Australia. Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylliidae Other photos you may enjoy: Chan Megastick - Walkng Stick Satanic Leaf-Tailed Gecko Nearly perfect camouflage - Moth —- insectlove: geneticist: Leaf insects use camouflage to take on the appearance of a leaf. They do this so accurately that predators often aren’t able to distinguish them from real leaves. In some species the edge of the leaf insect’s body even has the appearance of bite marks. To further confuse predators, when the leaf insect walks, it rocks back and forth, to mimic a real leaf being blown by the wind. (OP)

TRUE LEAF INSECTS or WALKING LEAVES

The family Phylliidae (often misspelled Phyllidae) contains the extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkable leaf mimics in the entire animal kingdom. They occur from South Asia through Southeast Asia to Australia.

Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylliidae

Other photos you may enjoy:

Chan Megastick - Walkng Stick

Satanic Leaf-Tailed Gecko

Nearly perfect camouflage - Moth

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insectlove:

geneticist: Leaf insects use camouflage to take on the appearance of a leaf. They do this so accurately that predators often aren’t able to distinguish them from real leaves. In some species the edge of the leaf insect’s body even has the appearance of bite marks. To further confuse predators, when the leaf insect walks, it rocks back and forth, to mimic a real leaf being blown by the wind. (OP)

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