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This Katydid was found in the High Tech High Native Plant Garden. The insect was staying still in the Deerweed for most of the time of photographing it. Near the end, he was moving more by going deeper into the Deerweed, and blending in with his surroundings. This observation is apart of the High Tech High Insects of San Diego Field Guide.
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Clump Point, Queensland, Australia
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Adult female (right) and male (left) showing clear sexual dimorphism in size. Female is also "rubbing" the end of her abdomen against the substrate, which is a behavior that's significance is yet unknown (Taeniopoda reticulata ~ Isla Colon, Panama).
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Northern Territory, Australia
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Cadereyta, Queretaro de Arteaga, Mexico
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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A type of smelly Chinchemolle, this one from the Belgrano Range of Argentina's La Rioja Province.
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Attribution: Moritz Muschick. Timema poppensis perfectly camouflaged on its host, Redwood Sequoia sempervirens, California. This and other, closely related, species are adapted to live on very different host plants and at different elevations. These ecological specialisations have triggered the splitting into distinct species. How this ecological speciation is promoted, for example by divergent camouflage, can be studied by comparing species of Timema stick insects. Analysis of their DNA also reveals which regions in the genome play important roles in ecological speciation. The results of this research will advance our understanding of how biodiversity forms generally.Overall Winner.BMC Ecology 2013, 13:6 doi:10.1186/1472-6785-13-6
www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/13/6
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Dorsal. Nontype. Scale bar 5 mm.MZLU-VAR00002020
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Monkwood Green, England, United Kingdom
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Hacavan Garni campo, Armenia
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Folkston Okefenokee Swamp
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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El Dorado Hills, California, United States
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Elimaea punctifera (non-native)
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Jimena, Andalusia, Spain
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Percassa rugifrons, Mountain Grasshopper. Location: Australia, Victoria, Alpine National Park. Survey: Alpine Bioscan 2013
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My daughter caught this lil guy and thought he was cute til she went to let him go and he crawled onto her. Then she screamed.(Yes, full frame.)
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Monistria maculicornis It was a surprise for me to see the tiny male on the back of the female Monistria grasshopper during mating. I expected that the male would be a similar size to the female. Photo: Jean
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Passchendaele, Queensland, Australia
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Euzosteria sordida ID David Rentz Quite a pretty cockroach, I suspect of it chasing one of the many silverfish running around.How do you like the spines on the legs? Photo: Fred