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The Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) is an ambush predator. Utilizing its superb camouflage it waits for unsuspecting insect prey to come withing striking distance. This juvenile specimen will lose some of its petal-like appearance when it matures. West Java, Indonesia.
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Dictyoptera, Eumantodea, Hymenopodidae, Hymenopodinae, Hymenopodini, Hymenopoidea, Indonesia, Insecta, Java, Mantodea, Schizomantodea, Southeast Asia, animal, arthropod, camouflage, captive, crypsis, cryptic, fauna, flower mantid, flower mantis, insect, invertebrate, mantid, masquerade, mimesis, praying mantis, rainforest, tropical
- Contained in galleries
- Borneo, Insects, Camouflage
