Crypsis Challenge #14

12 Responses to Crypsis Challenge #14

1. Comment1 says:

   September 27, 2011 at 2:51 AM

   Wow. I can see some long, stripy legs. I guess I could go with some kind of cricket.

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   • Troy Bartlett says:

     October 1, 2011 at 9:07 AM

     Good guess, but not quite.

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2. Chris Borkent says:

   September 27, 2011 at 11:54 AM

   Looks like a peanut headed bug to me (Fulgora laternaria)! Nice shot, hopefully you’ll show a pic of what happens when they are disturbed! I love the extreme difference between crypsis and warning 😉

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   • Troy Bartlett says:

     October 1, 2011 at 9:08 AM

     Another good guess. I photographed some of those in Panama once, but I’ve yet to encounter them in Brazil.

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3. Michael Marlow says:

   September 27, 2011 at 4:14 PM

   I think I see it…is it a grasshopper or cricket?

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   • Troy Bartlett says:

     October 1, 2011 at 9:09 AM

     Nope, but you’re not the first fooled into thinking that.

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4. Troy Bartlett says:

   September 27, 2011 at 9:19 PM

   Well, I’ve seen three guesses so far. While I think everyone probably sees the critter, no one has yet guessed the correct order (which is all I was hoping for).

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5. Ted C. MacRae says:

   September 28, 2011 at 12:23 AM

   I see the critter, but I can’t tell whether it is facing head up or head down. I’ll take a stab and say Mantodea based on the length of the legs.

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   • Troy Bartlett says:

     October 1, 2011 at 9:10 AM

     You guessed it, and it’s head down.

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6. Zi-Wei Yyin says:

   September 28, 2011 at 7:09 PM

   Is that a Mantidea heads downward?

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   • Troy Bartlett says:

     October 1, 2011 at 9:10 AM

     Right!

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