(Neo-)tropical arthropods

sm_camouflageN215 Butterfly of Hamadryas species perching well camouflaged on the trunk of a tree and feeding on sap, Jorupe Biological Reserve, tropical dry forest, Western...
sm_camouflageN217 Butterfly of Hamadryas species perching well camouflaged on the trunk of a tree and feeding on sap, Jorupe Biological Reserve, tropical dry forest, Western...
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sm_camouflageN275 Perfect phytomimesis exposed by a female stick insect (Phasmotodea), Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains, Oromiya, Ethiopia
sm_camouflageN312 Tropical ants of genus Pheidole (Big-headed ants) having killed a caterpillar, Pheidole ants are inhabitants of soil and rotting wood, Tambopata National...
sm_camouflageN317 Tropical swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio cresphontes), mimicking bird dropping, Tambopata National Reserve, Madre de Dios, Peru
smsm_EC_dx1179_g Early instar of caterpillars of an owl butterfly (Caligo sp.) in aline along the inner midrip of a banana leaf, their slender shape helps them to blend in with...
smlanternN1776 Spitzkopfzikade Penthicodes farinosa (Fulgoridae), Kinabatangan Flussebene, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia / Lanternfly Penthicodes farinosa (Fulgoridae), Kinabatangan...
smlanternN1778 Spitzkopfzikade Pyrops transversolineatus (Fulgoridae), Danum Tal Schutzzone (Danum Valley Conservation Area), Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia / Lanternfly Pyrops...
smlanternN1780 Spitzkopfzikade Pyrops cultellatus (Fulgoridae), Gunung Mulu Nationalpark, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia / Lanternfly Pyrops cultellatus, (Fulgoridae), Gunung Mulu...
smlanternN1782 Spitzkopfzikade (Blue-winged lanternfly), (Pyrops intricatus), (Fulgoridae), Gunung Mulu Nationalpark, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia / Blue-winged lanternfly...
smlanternN1784 Spitzkopfzikade Pyrops whiteheadi, (Fulgoridae), Kabili-Sepilok Naturschutzgebiet, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia / Lanternfly Pyrops whiteheadi, (Fulgoridae),...
sm_camouflageN376 Robber fly, Goegap Nature Reserve, Namaqualand, South Africa
sm_camouflageN299 Pink-colored Eulophyllum lobatum in habitat, a leaf katydid mimicing jungle foliage being almost undistinguishable from a real leaf, native to Northern Borneo,...
smGVA_MY_cv9464_g Nymphe of Leaf-footed bug (Coreidae family) with expanded segments on the antennae, Kabili-Sepilok Nature Reserve, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
sm_camouflageN366 Pink-colored Eulophyllum lobatum in habitat, a leaf katydid mimicing jungle foliage being almost undistinguishable from a real leaf, native to North Borneo,...
sm_camouflageN367 Eulophyllum lobatum in habitat, a leaf katydid mimicing jungle foliage being almost undistinguishable from a real leaf, native to North Borneo, Kinabalu...
sm_EC1N1002 Shedding stick insect, phasmida, Tandayapa region, Andean cloud forest, Ecuador
sm_EC1N1003 Wandering spider, Tiputini rain forest, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador
sm_EC1N1004 Specimen of the Wandering spider family, Tiputini rain forest, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

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