Cryptic Insects

- colour matches the background on which they usually rest -
speckled bush cricket
Speckled Bush Cricket, Leptophyes punctatissima.
Matches the colour of vegetation.
green stink bug
Green Stink Bug (nymph), Palomena prasina.
Matches the colour of vegetation.
hawthorn shield bug
Hawthorn Shield Bug,
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale.
Matches the colour of vegetation.
tortoise beetle
Tortoise Beetle, Cassida sp.1
Matches the colour of vegetation.
codlin moth
Codlin Moth, Cydia pomonella.
Matches the colour of tree bark.
lacewing larva
Larva of a Lacewing, Chrysopidae sp.1
Covered with fragments of plant material.
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