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Cycloptera speculata
This bush katydid has, what I belive are parasites, this insect camuflage well in the hamelia patents plant.
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Spotted on Nov 20, 2010
Submitted on Feb 9, 2012
3 Comments
ell Latimeria, I am not so sure it could be something else , I will check on your idea....
Are you sure those are parasites? Mites can be found on a lot of different insects, and use them as a vehicle to get transported over a large area: it's called phoresis. That's what this looks like to me
Notice that the leg looks like a broken twig.