This stick insect, Hermagoras sigillatus, obscures its outline by tucking its legs close to its body

This stick insect, Hermagoras sigillatus, obscures its outline by tucking its legs close to its body and brings its 2 front legs to hide the antennae (which often giveaway the animal’s camouflage).

This form of camouflage falls under “masquerade”, where the organism utilizes this tactic to resemble something that is of no interest (eg a leaf, stick or rock) to the observer.

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jungle_pearl

2024-04-28 02:07:32

so i don't know if you notice but this is actually an insect that is

pretending to be a stick when disturbed

the way it does it is it tucks it's legs closer spotty and it holds its first two front legs against its antennae

here is the same stick insect on the leaf

and in a moment we'll get a close-up of it's head

now you can see the antennae

in the eyes

and it's woken up off it goes

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