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Phaneropterinae; Machima sp.
Green, black spots, alien looking, 2/3 inches long, flies like a moth, it was always looking at me with those big eyes.
1,244 M. above sea level. Lat. 10.03. Long. -84.29
Never seen one like this one so colorful, alien, so smart.
Very nice spotting. You could add it to the Mimetic Animals of the World mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8015...
Thank you for the comments, it is a pleasure to take the pictures and shared them.
Great series... Nice job Gilma... its wonderful lesson through your efforts of presenting this beauty.
Thank you Argy Bee for the ID.
Thank you SatyenM I try to cover all angles of the animal/bug/butterfly whenever possible.
Thank you Mark Ridgway, I will try to place an ID to it but my "forte" is more like observing and reporting.
Definitely not a moth. On the link you have expert information from Piotr Naskrecki. It is a katydid in the 'tribe Dysonini (Phaneropterinae) and possibly Machima sp.' This a a very special spotting as these things are not well known.
Tank you mark Ridgway, it looks exactly like it but is it a Moth or a katydid??
Hi Gylma Barnes-Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman... I think it's a moss-mimic katydid like this one... http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2011/02/27/m...
Thank you AntonioGinjaginja. Does anyone knows what it is?
beautiful cache Gylma Barnes-Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman,congrats
Spotted on Sep 10, 2012
Submitted on Sep 15, 2012
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