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Giant Dead Leaf Mantis

Deroplatys desiccata

Giant Dead Leaf Mantis, reference photograph — File:Adult female Deroplatys desiccata.jpg · Bort07 · CC0

Facts

Tama Zoo describes this dead-leaf mantis as resembling a dried leaf.
Its wing-spreading threat display exposes eyespot markings on the undersides of the forewings.
It sometimes rocks on branches, resembling a leaf shifting in a breeze.

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