Leaf-mimic katydid

There are many insects in the family Tettigoniidae (bush crickets or katydids) which are mimics of leaves.^[1] At a distance the katydid is an example of crypsis evading detection by blending into its background; up close the katydid mimics a leaf.^[2]

This type of camouflage occurs in several subfamilies, among others including:

• Pterochrozinae^[3]
• Phaneropterinae
• Pseudophyllinae

Other unrelated insects adopting a similar camouflage strategy include the leaf insects.

• 
  Typophyllum laciniosum, Tambopata File:National Reserve, Peru
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  Aegimia elongata
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  Pycnopalpa bicordata, Trinidad
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  Onomarchus kanara