Chien C. Lee

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In the understory of the Amazonian rainforest, a small piece of dead vegetation hanging beneath a leaf is revealed to be a camouflaged mantis (Metilla coloradensis) guarding her egg case (ootheca). Parental care like this in insects is a rare thing: it occurs in only about 1% of all species because as it is possible only for those which produce a smaller number of offspring. Yasuní National Park, Ecuador.

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Keywords
Acanthopidae, Acanthopoidea, Dictyoptera, Ecuador, Eumantodea, Insecta, Mantodea, Schizomantodea, South America, acanthopid mantid, acanthopid mantis, amazon, amazon basin, animal, arthropod, breeding, camouflage, crypsis, cryptic, egg, fauna, insect, invertebrate, mantid, parental care, praying mantis, tropical
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Insects, Camouflage
In the understory of the Amazonian rainforest, a small piece of dead vegetation hanging beneath a leaf is revealed to be a camouflaged mantis (Metilla coloradensis) guarding her egg case (ootheca). Parental care like this in insects is a rare thing: it occurs in only about 1% of all species because as it is possible only for those which produce a smaller number of offspring. Yasuní National Park, Ecuador.