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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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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, in-situ, insect, invertebrate, mantid, parental care, praying mantis, tropical, wild
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- Insects, Camouflage
