Dead Leaf Mantis (Deroplatys desiccata) camouflage

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Subject:	Dead Leaf Mantis (Deroplatys desiccata) camouflage

Bristol.zoo.dead.leaf.mantis.arp-Dead leaf mantis Deroplatys desiccata.jpg

Resolution: 1952x1367 File Size: 575863 Bytes Date: 2005:12:04 13:45:23 Camera: C750UZ (OLYMPUS CORPORATION) F number: f/3.2 Exposure: 10/800 sec Focal Length: 121/10 Upload Date: 2007:10:02 11:38:16

Dead Leaf Mantis (Deroplatys desiccata) camouflage

Dead leaf mantis Deroplatys desiccata at Bugworld in Bristol Zoo, Bristol, England.
If alarmed it lies motionless on the rainforest floor, disappearing among the real dead leaves. It eats other animals up to the size of small lizards. From the island of Madagascar, Africa

Photographed by Adrian Pingstone (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Arpingstone) in December 2005 and released to the public domain.

URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bristol.zoo.dead.leaf.mantis.arp.jpg

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