Mimetic Insects
- body shape & colour resemble objects in their surroundings -
Treehopper, Umbonia spinosa.
Resembles a thorn.
Stick Insect, Phasmatidae sp.1
Resembles a twig.
Stick Insect, Phasmatidae sp.1
Resembles a twig.
Leaf Insect, Phylliidae sp.1
Resembles a leaf.
Leaf Insect, Phylliidae sp.1
Resembles a leaf.
mantid, Mantidae sp.1
Resembles a leaf.
Vanessid Butterfly, Nymphalidae sp.1
Wing shape and colour resemble a dead leaf.
Leaf Butterfly, Kallimacha inachus.1
Wing shape and colour resemble a leaf.
(two butterflies & one leaf in the picture)
Caterpillar of the Great Orange Tip Butterfly,
Hebomoea glaucippe.1
Resembles the Common Green Vine Snake
when it adopts this defensive posture.
Io Moth, Atomeris io.1
Has large 'eye' spots on the hind-wings, which
perhaps emulate the face of a larger animal.
Emperor Moth, Saturnia pavonia.1
Has large 'eye' spots on both fore- and hind-wings,
which perhaps emulate the face of a larger animal.
Lantern Fly, Lanternaria sp.1
Head resembles an alligator or crocodile.