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Extatosoma tiaratum
Juvenile leaf insect (had wing buds), body length approx 10 cms. As a defense it curled up its abdomen, which had numerous spines. Its legs looked like leaves. Excellent camouflage. It looked like a bunch of dried leaves.
Spotted on guava tree in open woodland on Cairns campus of James Cook University.
Spotted on Feb 17, 2014
Submitted on Feb 17, 2014
5 Comments
Thank you Lauren!
Great photo!
Thanks Andrea!
Sorry about that. Will upload new pics tomorrow. Cheers!
Hi Andrea! Great to see you back on Project Noah! Your new watermark is quite large with respect to the image. Can we kindly ask you to make it smaller or less obtrusive. Thanks!
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