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An elegantly camouflaged katydid from the rainforests of Borneo: Despoina spinosa. This species feeds primarily on the foliage of figs (Ficus spp.) and can somehow get past the toxic white latex that protects these leaves from most other insects. Some 'sylvan katydids' (Pseudophyllinae) such as this are able to rotate and flatten their wings, enabling them to conceal their profile against the surface of a leaf when at rest. Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).

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Borneo, East Malaysia, Ensifera, Insecta, Malaysia, Orthoptera, Phyllomimini, Pseudophyllinae, Sabah, Southeast Asia, Tettigoniidae, Tettigoniidea, Tettigonioidea, animal, arthropod, bush cricket, endemic, fauna, insect, invertebrate, katydid, studio shot, tropical, true katydid
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Borneo, Insects
An elegantly camouflaged katydid from the rainforests of Borneo: Despoina spinosa. This species feeds primarily on the foliage of figs (Ficus spp.) and can somehow get past the toxic white latex that protects these leaves from most other insects. Some 'sylvan katydids' (Pseudophyllinae) such as this are able to rotate and flatten their wings, enabling them to conceal their profile against the surface of a leaf when at rest. Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).