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A dead leaf mantis (Deroplatys cf. lobata) standing guard over her egg sac. Such behavior might enable her to deter parasitoid wasps from destroying her brood, a common threat for mantises. Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).
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Borneo, Deroplatidae, Deroplatinae, Deroplatyini, Dictyoptera, East Malaysia, Eumantodea, Insecta, Malaysia, Mantidae, Mantodea, Mantoidea, Sabah, Schizomantodea, Southeast Asia, animal, arthropod, breeding, camouflage, crypsis, cryptic, egg, fauna, in-situ, insect, invertebrate, mantid, parental care, praying mantis, tropical
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- Borneo, Insects, Camouflage
