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Wasp-Mimic Katydid - Male
Scaphura nigra (Thunberg, 1824)
-22.5387, -43.2222
Field Notes
Description:
Scaphura nigra is a polimorphic and batesian mimic of wasps (Pepsis, Entypus and Polistes), existing three different colour patterns to the adults and each pattern of mimic has only one wasp genera like model. This male (adult) is mimicking a wasp of the Pepsis genus.<br><br>
Source: http://bdtd.ibict.br/vufind/Record/CAMP_2ebcb4a26562e43675ffd26f1e9baf43
Habitat:
I found this katydid near the jungle of Atlantic Forest, in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, about 840m above sea level.
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