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0 1 Spotting

Spotting

by PatrickWareAlbuquerque, New Mexico

Cryptic moth

1 0 Streaked Tussock Moth

Streaked Tussock Moth

by JakubkoNew York, USA

A very cryptic moth!

0 0 moth

moth

by MartinLMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A cryptic wave moth.

0 0 Praying Mantis!

Praying Mantis!

by John G. PhillipsNicaragua, Nicaragua

Camoflague is pretty good. Anyone know the species of this

0 1 Army Cutworm

Army Cutworm

by PatrickWareAlbuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Cryptic moth

0 0 Bilobed Dichomeris

Bilobed Dichomeris

by JakubkoNew York, USA

A small moth with beautifully cryptic ...

0 2 California Ground Squirrel

California Ground Squirrel

by JemmaConcord, California, USA

They are cryptically colored.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by LisaPowersTennessee, USA

Small green cryptic bug.

3 2 Ilia underwing

Ilia underwing

by David rodriguez-rothPort St. Lucie, Florida, USA

Very cryptic pattern!

3 4 Assassin Bug

Assassin Bug

by vipin.baligaKarnataka, India

This cryptically colored Assassin bug was ...

1 2 Scarce Morpho

Scarce Morpho

by JasonO'ConnorHeredia, Costa Rica

Large Butterfly, with iridescent blue wings.

3 2 Rough Coffee Snake

Rough Coffee Snake

by John G. PhillipsLimón, Costa Rica

Found in the leaf litter at night. A fairly

0 0 geometrid moth

geometrid moth

by EmilieChichGif-sur-Yvette, Île-de-France, Tromelin Island

Cryptic design; Europe.

0 0 Cryptic Slime Mold Beetle (Sphindidae)

Cryptic Slime Mold Beetle (Sphindidae)

by asergioPiraquara, Paraná, Brazil

1 inch long (2,5 cm), shiny red body, entirely covered with hair.

1 0 Corroding Hypena

Corroding Hypena

by JakubkoNew York, USA

A stunning and cryptic moth, Hypena scabra ...

2 2 Cryptic Blenny

Cryptic Blenny

by ScottHarteQueensland, Australia

Not sure which species of blenny but a fun little fish.

8 4 Eastern Pine Elfin

Eastern Pine Elfin

by TomElliottEau Plaine, Wisconsin, USA

Very small cryptic butterfly of early ...

0 0 Cryptic triplefin

Cryptic triplefin

by DespinaTsafetopoulouWellington, Wellington, New Zealand

to save myself, the camera, and also to snap a single pic...So there it is, ...

4 5 Bark katydid

Bark katydid

by NuwanChathurangaAlawwa, Sri Lanka

a large katydid (3" long without antenna) with

1 1 Spotting

Spotting

by LisaPowersTennessee, USA

~2.5-2.7 cm brown cryptic moth

0 0 The Lurcher

The Lurcher

by martinlCairns, Queensland, Australia

Orange banded butterfly with brown wings and

13 8 European peacok butterfly

European peacok butterfly

by Marta RubioTexeiraSteenwijkerland, Overijssel, Netherlands

Cryptic undersides with flashy eye-spots.

2 1 Cryptic geometrid

Cryptic geometrid

by ellenpmaierMobile, Alabama, USA

Light brown moth, looks exactly like a leaf.

1 0 Jumping Spider

Jumping Spider

by KimberlyDuranMemphis, Tennessee, USA

Medium jumping spider with cryptic ...

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by DanGeerahJawa Barat, Indonesia

Highly cryptic moth. Around 15cm wing span.

1 0 Toad Grasshopper

Toad Grasshopper

by C.SydesLimpopo, South Africa

small, plump, cryptic grasshopper about ...

5 4 Bark mantid

Bark mantid

by C.SydesLimpopo, South Africa

a small cryptically coloured mantid about ...

2 0 Cryptic Sand Frog

Cryptic Sand Frog

by AshleyTPhumelela Local Municipality, Free State, South Africa

Chubby, gray frog with brown spots and lots of tubercles.

1 0 Cryptic Sponge Shrimp

Cryptic Sponge Shrimp

by AlbertKangBatangas, Philippines

A tiny Shrimp, up to 1 cm in size, very well camouflaged and difficult to ...

4 6 Cryptic Sponge Shrimp

Cryptic Sponge Shrimp

by AlbertKangRomblon, Philippines

A very well camouflaged Shrimp, less than 2 cm in size. They comes in variety ...

0 0 Cryptic stick-mimic caterpillar

Cryptic stick-mimic caterpillar

by doreen.chambers.14Vermont, USA

Cryptic stick-mimic caterpillar - Tetracis ...

9 1 Jumping Spider (Female)

Jumping Spider (Female)

by AtulMaharashtra, India

The Cryptic Rest Posture ! The Brettus sp. ...

0 0 Katydid nymph

Katydid nymph

by LatimeriaOhio, USA

Cryptically-colored nymph, well-hidden on ...

1 3 common green lacewing

common green lacewing

by arlandaBarcelos, Portugal

here you can listen the typical song of the ...

5 9 Cryptic skipper

Cryptic skipper

by BilloOrizaba, Veracruz, Mexico

Mariposa de la familia Hesperiidae, también conocida como saltarina de pelo ...

1 0 lichen katydid

lichen katydid

by Jeff DreierPuntarenas, Costa Rica

Excellent camouflage on this katydid. Good example of a

1 0 Case-moth

Case-moth

by martinlCairns, Queensland, Australia

a case-moth (bag-moth) from the family Psychidae using dried leaves to adorn ...

0 0 foothill yellow-legged frog

foothill yellow-legged frog

by Jeff DreierCalifornia, USA

Cryptic coloration often matches substrate

2 2 Gold Box Bug

Gold Box Bug

by FilippoGuerraTrento, TAA, Italy

more cryptic: ...

0 3 Crab spider

Crab spider

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

A crab spider with cryptic brown colors and ...

2 0 caterpillar

caterpillar

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

A cryptic grey looper moth caterpillar ...

3 6 Concealer moth

Concealer moth

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

A pale cryptic moth with frilled edges on ...

7 8 Spotting

Spotting

by KibuyuSouth Western, Uganda

Long-horned grasshopper or katydid

3 2 Unknown Hopper

Unknown Hopper

by Andrea LimCairns, Queensland, Australia

Small hopper to 5mm long. Colours were quite

1 0 Truxalis grasshopper

Truxalis grasshopper

by MargaritaOrlovaמועצה אזורית חוף הכרמל, מחוז חיפה, Israel

A beautifully cryptic acridid grasshopper ...

3 0 Grasshopper

Grasshopper

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

A cryptic grasshopper looking similar to ...

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