**WALKING LEAF**
MARVEL AT THEIR EVOLUTIONARY DESIGNS!! ADORNING THE FOREST LIKE ORNAMENTS OF EVOLUTION....!
It's not a leaf...rather an insect grouped into the order PHASMIDA ...known for their striking n incredible camouflage....found in islands of Indian Ocean,Mainland South Asia, Australia....
Measure roughly 28-100 mm in body length...males tend to be smaller than female.
Females may reproduce by PARTHENOGENESIS when males are absent...nymphs are wingless.
They are camouflaged to take on the appearance of leaf to confuse predators ......even when they walk ,they rock back n forth to mimic a real leaf being blown by the wind....Their green bodies take the shape of old leaves,complete with vein patterns, a midrib n even fungus splotches....
MARVEL AT THEIR EVOLUTIONARY DESIGNS!! ADORNING THE FOREST LIKE ORNAMENTS OF EVOLUTION....!
It's not a leaf...rather an insect grouped into the order PHASMIDA ...known for their striking n incredible camouflage....found in islands of Indian Ocean,Mainland South Asia, Australia....
Measure roughly 28-100 mm in body length...males tend to be smaller than female.
Females may reproduce by PARTHENOGENESIS when males are absent...nymphs are wingless.
They are camouflaged to take on the appearance of leaf to confuse predators ......even when they walk ,they rock back n forth to mimic a real leaf being blown by the wind....Their green bodies take the shape of old leaves,complete with vein patterns, a midrib n even fungus splotches....
