Camouflage in nature
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Camouflage is the method which allows an otherwise visible object to remain indiscernible from the surrounding environment. Examples include a tiger's stripes and the fatigues of a modern soldier. Camouflage is a form of deception.
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Dead Leaf mantis
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Infant cuttlefish
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Striped pyjama squid, Australia
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Uroplatus sikorae (Gecko)
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Frog covered with duckweed
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Cicada on a pine tree
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Grasshopper on a rock
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Tawny frogmouth blends in with colour and texture of tree bark
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Two stone flounders (Kareius bicoloratus) blend into their environment.
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Kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus), camouflaged in a shrub.
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A flounder camouflaged on gravel
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two minutes earlier
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two minutes later
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Rosalia on a crack in the wood
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Protective Mimicry Among Insects
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Lizard merges into the background earth
- See also Category:Animal camouflage and Category:mimicry
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