Leaf-mimic katydid

There are many insects in the family Tettigoniidae (bush crickets or katydids) which are mimics of leaves.[1] Amongst others, these include the "Pterochrozini" - previously a tribe, but now placed in its own subfamily Pterochrozinae.[2]

gollark: I would mostly only feel that way about, I don't know, a political system literally designed to maximize pain/evil or something, which is very unlikely to actually arise naturally, spread, and take over the world.
gollark: Just as predicted.
gollark: COVID-19 with twice the infection rate *would* basically be that, though.
gollark: or something.
gollark: I assume you're about to say "well, if [POLITICAL IDEOLOGY I DISLIKE] takes over, everything will be so utterly awful that it would be better if everyone died".

References
  1. James L. Castner & David A. Nickle (1995). "Intraspecific color polymorphism in leaf-mimicking katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae: Pterochrozini)". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 4 (4): 99–103. JSTOR 3503464.
  2. Orthoptera species file (retrieved 13 January 2018)


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