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This tiny 3 mm pile of detritus was walking about on the underside of a leaf. Must be a larva of some kind with it's camouflage cover.
Forest of the Sumidero Canyon National Park, Chiapas, Mexico.
Spotted on Jan 20, 2013
Submitted on Jan 28, 2013
2 Comments
Wow, what is this? Is this alive? I can never find this as a bug. Thank you very much for sharing.
I know Chrysopidae/Lacewing larvae do this kond of camouflaging and even more dramatic are Reduviidae/Assassin Bugs (but not the nymphs I guess) are doing the same with ant carcasses!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8241832@N06...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darren5907/...