Try to find brown leaf and leaf-blemish katydids as they mimic their surroundings for camouflage

Name: Try to find brown leaf and leaf-blemish katydids as they mimic their surroundings for camouflage
Uploaded: 2020-02-24T08:00:00Z
Duration: 21 s
Description: Leaf katydids (subfamily Pseudophyllinae) precisely mimic the form of leaves. The green leaf katydid mimics the movement of a fluttering leaf. (21 sec; 3.5 MB)

Leaf katydids (subfamily Pseudophyllinae) precisely mimic the form of leaves. The green leaf katydid mimics the movement of a fluttering leaf. (21 sec; 3.5 MB)

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Transcript

NARRATOR: What appears to be a dead leaf is actually a living brown leaf katydid.

This leaf-blemish katydid adds mimicry of the fluttering leaf in the wind to its already deceptive appearance.