Dead leaf mantis (<i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deroplatys_desiccata" title="Deroplatys desiccata">Deroplatys desiccata</a></i>) at Bugworld in Bristol Zoo, Bristol, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. <br>
If alarmed it lies motionless on the rainforest floor, disappearing among the real dead leaves. It eats other animals up to the size of small lizards. From the island of Madagascar, Africa.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Arpingstone" title="User:Arpingstone">Adrian Pingstone</a>
2005-12-04
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>