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Lichen Katydid

Markia hystrix

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Notes:

Here's an unrelated video from YouTube showing this particular species in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHeiNTe6N...

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Yasser
Yasser 12 years ago
Lichen Katydid
Markia hystrix Lichen Katydid


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51 Comments (1–25)

sanmiggums
sanmiggums 10 years ago

Holy cow that's huge

dotun55
dotun55 11 years ago

Incredible anthropod. It must be a very powerful camouflage out there in the wild

Uday
Uday 11 years ago

amazing!

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KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Congratulations Rachelle, this awesome spotting is featured in the Project Noah today, which is on "Masters of Disguise"! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/2990181...

Chantell
Chantell 11 years ago

CRAZY! Love it!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wow!!!! Fascinating!!!Congrats

@IngenieriaReal
@IngenieriaReal 11 years ago

wooooouu nunca habia visto un insecto como este!

AnnaBarone
AnnaBarone 11 years ago

Stranissimo ... mai visto !! wow ...

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

This is one of the coolest katydids I have ever seen!

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 11 years ago

Wow! What an amazing creature!

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago

Grandioso que formas

SaNaSaNz
SaNaSaNz 12 years ago

Awesome spotting!

EsraMalakli
EsraMalakli 12 years ago

woooooow never seen such a thing

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 12 years ago

Unbelievable! Great spotting

Liam
Liam 12 years ago

Incredible!!

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Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

Fantastic - it does look like lichen - congratulations !!

Noah Ranger
bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Please, update your other IDs...

Noah Ranger
bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Congrats! A wonderful and amazing creature!

Apple
Apple 12 years ago

This is a well deserved spotting of the day!

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Congratulations Rachelle Smith

ulvalactuca77
ulvalactuca77 12 years ago

So COOL!!!!

misako
misako 12 years ago

cool!

PongWira
PongWira 12 years ago

Wowww. Amazing!

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Chris Carille
Chris Carille 12 years ago

That katydid is wicked looking!

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Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Congrats Rachelle. Well deserved.

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RachelleSmith
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RachelleSmith

Ciudad de Panamá, Panama

Spotted on Mar 3, 2012
Submitted on Mar 3, 2012

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