Green Options » mimicry http://greenoptions.com/tag/mimicry Posts tagged 'mimicry' Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:03:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Beautiful Photos of Katydids http://sustainablog.org/2008/09/29/beautiful-photos-of-katydids/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/09/29/beautiful-photos-of-katydids/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:03:23 +0000 Levi Novey http://sustainablog.org/2008/09/29/beautiful-photos-of-katydids/ A Katydid on a wet flowerKatydids visited our back porch on the past several weekends. The way their bodies were designed to look like leaves impressed me, and also made me think about how much of a conundrum these insects are. In fact, it made very confused as to my beliefs in evolution and god. In the end I suppose that the concepts are compatible. But what a marvel to see something designed to be so camouflaged as a katydid.

After looking on Wikipedia, I learned that there are approximately 6,400 species of katydids around the world. I wanted to see more of these fascinating insects, and so I searched for photos on Flickr. What you see here are some of the more beautiful and interesting photos I found, combined with several of my own.

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