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Wingspan about 25 mm.
Jungle.
Stays motionless on a leaf. From afar I thought it was some kind of frog, disguised as a fallen leaf, but coming closer I saw that it was really a moth. This picture was taken at Aratai, French Guiana, in the forest. February 2003.
Spotted on Feb 23, 2003
Submitted on Feb 3, 2012
6 Comments
Very cool.
Great spot Emilie!
You should consider adding this beauty to the 'Mimetic Animals' & 'Butterflies & Moths' missions!
In fact, the antennae are folded back. They are visible, but you may need to look twice!
Strange one!!
What a great disguise! Even the antennae are invisible (I assume there are some).
So weird