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Climaciella brunnea
An insect that strongly resembles the paper wasp Polistes instabilis. but it has front legs that resemble those of a praying mantis. It's in fact a Batesian mimic of those wasps and is protected by the fact that most animals won't touch the paper wasps it so closely resembles.
On the leaves of a tree.
A higher resolution image can be found on my Flickr page.
Spotted on Jul 11, 2013
Submitted on Sep 20, 2014
1 Comment
wow, creepy awesome!