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Leaf Mimicking Grasshopper, Pygmy Dragonfly etc

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A male Pygmy dragonfly, Nannophya pygmaea - the smallest dragonfly in Malaysia, maybe in the world too, only about 15mm body length, and 20mm wing span
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Pygmy dragonfly Nannophya pygmaea IMG_2860 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

Look, honey, no hands! A pair of mating hawk moths (Sphingidae). The male was on hands-free mode
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Mating hawk moths Daphnusa ocellaris IMG_3038 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

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Mating hawk moths Daphnusa ocellaris IMG_3031 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

This grasshopper resembles the Forest Leaf Grasshopper (Systella sp.) we've photographed before, except it's vertically challenged, and longer. Edit: Trigonopteryx sp., ID credit: Arthur Anker.
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Trigonopteryx sp. leaf-mimic grasshopper IMG_2576 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

Beautiful damselfly, Euphaea ochracea, male.
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Euphaea ochracea damselfly IMG_2330 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

Blattodea
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Jungle Cockroach IMG_2700 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr
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Re: Leaf Mimicking Grasshopper, Pygmy Dragonfly etc

Post by Hans Breuer (twoton) »

You make even cockroaches look glorious!
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