Back of the Incredible Leaf-Head Mantis
INSECTS - Very awesome Praying Mantids
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This is
the amazing back of the Ghost Leaf Mantis (Phyllocrania paradoxa). Its
elaborate headdress and shoulder shields make it blend in with dead leaves so
perfectly, it disappears! The 'creases' in its wings are actually shadings of
pigment - this thing is just built to look like a leaf. Be glad right now you're
not a cricket!








