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This one fooled me! Well, almost...

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Comments (9)
Adarsha B S
It looks like leaf mimic moth :) http://www.flickriver.com/photos/artour_a/3839713897/ http://gtapestry.blogspot.in/2007/11/festival-of-moths-blacklighting.html
Sergio Monteiro
Done Juan. Andrea, dotun55, Lauren and Debbie, thank you.
LaurenZarate
Great camouflage and it uses all 4 wings to achieve the leaf look. Nice series.
dotun55
If the cover (first) image were the only one, we would have been fooled as well to calling it a mere leaf, or a flattened slug :) Wonderful mimic!
Juan DiTrani
Hi Sergio. Please consider joining Mimetic Animals Mission
Andrea Lim
Wonderful crypsis. Great spotting Sergio!

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PublishedJune 23, 2013

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