Joel Sartoreのインスタグラム(joelsartore) - 9月20日 23時13分

This insect may look like forest debris from afar, but this Malaysian dead leaf mantis is very much alive. Photographed at @theomahazoo, this species is specialized to resemble a dried leaf so that hungry predators will ignore it as they search for a meal. When threatened, nymphs of this species will freeze and curl their legs in under their leaf-like backs in order to play dead. Adults, however, will raise their their wings and display the bright orange pattern underneath to fend off a predator.
To see a video of this mantis, check out @ナショナルジオグラフィック.
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