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Markia hystrix
about 2cm long
it leaves at a old tree full of lichens and orchids.
perfect form of mimicry with tree lichens (Usnea sp)
Spotted on Jun 18, 2012
Submitted on Jun 18, 2012
12 Comments
thanks for the close-up of the head!
I have photographed both gender of the same insect - in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro - which were identified as Machima spp.
Photos will be shown here soon; at this time, just in my Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=7...
Wow even the eyes has the same pattern! Amazing!
Amazing
Wouw..amazing...
Uau, Eduardo, absolutamente incrível! Parabéns!
Excellent spotting!!
very nice find
I can't tell you how much I love this creature! I want to say that this is actually a species of Lichen Katydid perhaps (and female).
Very similar color pattern as this PN spotting though yours is not nearly as spiky:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/934...
awesome!
Fantastic!
What a fantastic creature!