Camouflaged Insects in Nature

Insects such as a jumping viper and leaf-mimicking grasshopper blend into their surroundings. Captured in tropical settings, highlighting their stealth.

Grasshopper (Chorotypus sp) mimicking leaf, Malaysia

Jumping viper on a leaf, Costa Rica.

Grasshopper (Chorotypus sp) mimicking leaf, Malaysia

heliodoxa jacula, green-crowned brilliant hummingbir

Japan, Chiba, Tako , A Praying Mantis Devours A Cicada

Flat-headed House Gecko (Hemidactylus platycephalus) adult, climbing on log, Ruaha N.P., Tanzania

Elliot's Chameleon (Trioceros ellioti) adult, climbing on stem in montane rainforest, Nyungwe Forest N.P., Rwanda, october

Small Tortoiseshell chrysalis being developed Creuse

sword-billed hummingbird (ensifera ensifera) yanacocha montane forest ecuador.

European tree frog (Hyla arborea)

Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) camouflaged on tree trunk, Montagne D'Ambre National Park, Madagascar

The nest of the Cuba Bee Hummingbird near Playa Larga, Cuba

Giant Leaf-Tailed Gecko (Uroplatus Fimbriatus), Marozevo, Toamasina Province, Madagascar

Yellow grosbeak in a fig tree. Pheucticus chrysopeplus. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Photographed under controlled conditions

snail in natural environment, shallow depth of field, only the eye is in focus

Adult spider, Ancylometes rufus, on a tree within the Pacaya Samiria Preserve, Peru

Fraser's Anole (Anolis fraseri) male, Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador

Montane Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger) perched on a branch in the mountains of Colombia, South America.

Madagascar Leaf-nosed Snake (Langaha nasuta) female, Madagascar

Close-up of a Heliconius butterfly on a leaf

Pin-striped Tit Babbler ( Macronus gularis ) in forest Thailand

Diving Lizard (Uranoscodon superciliosus), Mapari, Rupununi, Guyana

Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) caterpillars on Spicebush (Benzoin aestivale) Marion Co. IL

Insect Hypomeces squamosus Fabricius on plants

Dead Leaf Praying Mantis. Danum Valley - Sabah - Borneo.

Common Darter flying front shot near a pond Ardèche France

Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia) on a leaf, Germany

Adult proboscis bats (Rhynchonycteris naso) on tree in Yanallpa Caño, Ucayali River, Loreto, Peru, South America

Hawaii, Day gecko (Phelsuma sp.) on Heliconia Caribea

Giant Green Anole (Anolis frenatus) female, central Panama

leaf-tailed gecko - on branch, uroplatus fimbriatus

Golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis), Germany, Europe

Close-up view of a Praying Mantis standing in pine needles taken in Anne Arundel County, MD.

Emerald boa (Corallus caninus) on a branch, Montsinnery, French Guiana

Fork-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania furcata), Napo River bordering Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador

Siberian timberman beetle on a branch Denmark

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Larva (Papilio glaucus), Adirondacks, NY

European Tree Frog or European Treefrog (Hyla arborea) perched on reed, Burgenland, Austria, Europe

Praying mantis

Big-jawed Spider (Nephila sp) female with smaller male on web, Costa Rica

Water snake common to Vietnam

Western honey bee, (Apis mellifera), collecting pollen on cattail flower, Lorraine, France

Forest leaf grasshopper (Systella rafflesi) in situ, Frasers hill, Malaysia

A lizard in the warming sun

Side view of a frog perching on the edge of leaf, Kenya

Close-up of mature Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) hunts by shooting tongue at praying mantis. Cone-head chameleon or Yemen chameleon and Transcaucasian tree mantis (Hierodula transcaucasica)

Fantastic Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus) mimicking leaves, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

Dragonfly (Macromia amphigena) on stem, Shiga, Japan

Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) adult female perched on twig Guasca, near Bogota, Columbia November

Eyed Hawk Moth (Smerinthus ocellata) mating, Engbertsdijksvenen, Overijssel, Netherlands

Green Climbing Toad (Bufo coniferus) camouflaged on branch, Piedras Blancas National Park, Costa Rica

Close up of moth,night butterfly,Beautiful Insect

Indian Leaf Butterfly (Kallima inachus) camouflaged on leaf litter, Asia

Copper Demoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis) male, wings closed on a leaf in spring, Gapeau riverain , near Hyères, Var, France

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

bog bush cricket metrioptera brachyptera warren heath, uk

Katydid (Tettigoniidae) mimicking leaf, Amazon, Ecuador

Anolis Lizard (Anolis sp) male, Esmeraldas, Choco rainforest, Ecuador

Coppersmith Barbet perching for feeding to baby bird

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Exotic frog on colorful background

Butterfly on plant. (Large format sizes available)

Vietnam, grasshopper falted from banana leaves

Locusts devouring leaves Kapama Game Reserve

Lacewing (Chrysopa sp) flying

Common Frog (Rana temporaria) froglet underwater

Frog

anna's hummingbird gathering nest material at BC Canada

Leech (Hirudinea sp.) adult, on leaf at night in rainforest, Sepilok N. P. Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, Asia

Uroplatus giganteus leaf-tailed gecko, Marojejy National Park, Madagascar, Africa

Southern Wainscot (Mythimna straminea) moth hanging between two stalks, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

budgerigar munching parsley, Melopsittacus undulatus

One Vipera berus, the common European adder or common European viper, creeps over rocks and hides in fern

European treefrog - on red fruit, Hyla arborea

Costa Rica, Strawberry Poison Dart Frog, Oophaga pumilio

Chrysalis underneath an Asclepiad fruit in Martinique Island

America

black-bearded Gliding Lizard (Draco melanopogon), Kinabatangan, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo, Asia

giant day gecko phelsuma madagascariensis grandis northern madagascar.

Walking Stick (Phyllium sp) camouflaged on leaf, Malaysia

Cape cobra (Naja nivea) hiding in tree trunk hole with nice bark in Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa

Fulgorid Planthopper (Fulgoridae), Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Malaysia

Grasshopper (Tetrigidae) pair mating, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Malaysia

Red Whip Snake (Dryophiops rubescens) with extended tongue, Lambir Hills National Park, Borneo, Malaysia

Female Black Bearded Saki with her young on the back Brazil

Zebra Butterfly (Heliconius charitonius) flying

Pink-tipped Clearwing Satyr (Cithaerias pireta) butterfly, Ecuador

Green pit viper. Off the branches. Green pit viper snakes that have venom.

Anolis paravertebralis feeding on captured insect, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, October

Gerbos indios, Rajastan

Ghost insect, stick insect (Phasmatidae) with young on its back, Ubon Ratchathani, Isaan, Thailand, Asia

Gurskys spectral tarsier Tarsius spectrumgurskyae (sp. nov. M. Shekelle and al.) North Sulawesi

Common dormouse, hazel mouse, Muscaridinus avellanarius

Chameleon on bark

Hausperling in a shrub house sparrow in a shrub copyright: xzoonar.com/martinaxbergx 9101521

Male & female Lava Lizards on cactus (Opuntia), Microlophus albemarlensis

Orchid Bee (Euglossa sp) and large Orchid Bee (Exaerete sp) attracted to sweet scent of flower, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

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