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πŸ¦— Grasshoppers & Crickets

Bark Mimic Grasshopper

Chorotypus gallinaceus

About

A Southeast Asian grasshopper with a broad, flattened body shaped like a piece of bark. Its mottled brown wings provide perfect camouflage on tree trunks.

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Did You Know?

It presses itself flat against bark and orients its body along trunk ridges to eliminate any telltale shadow.