INSECTS THAT LOOK LIKE LEAVES
Insects are masters of camouflage, something that scientists refer to as crypsis. Sometimes, entirely different insect groups will converge upon the same form. Notice how these insects come from different insect orders, but all look like leaves. Using the interactive phylogenetic tree, see how closely related they are to each other.

A. Leaf Insects (Phasmatodea: Phyllium)
B. Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)
C. Leaf butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
D. Leaf mantids (Mantodea)

INSECTS THAT LOOK LIKE STICKS
Insects are masters of camouflage, something that scientists refer to as crypsis. Sometimes, entirely different insect groups will converge upon the same form. Notice how these insects come from different insect orders, but all look like grass or sticks. Using the interactive phylogenetic tree, see how closely related they are to each other.

A. Stick insects (Phasmatodea)
B. Stick grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Proscopiidae)
C. Thread-legged bugs (Hemiptera: Emesinae)
D. Stick mantids (Mantodea)
E. Wingless scorpionfly (Mecoptera: Bittacidae)
F. Stilt bugs (Hemiptera: Berytidae)
G. Marsh treaders (Hemiptera: Hydrometridae)
H. Water scorpion (Hemiptera: Nepidae)