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From: Crypsis by background matching and disruptive coloration as drivers of substrate occupation in sympatric Amazonian bark praying mantises

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Background occupation of different praying mantis morphospecies in tree trunks of the southern Amazon rainforest. Two individuals of the white morphospecies (Hagiomantis sp.) resting on (A) a whitish trunk (tree trunk scale) and (B) a patch of lichen covering a whitish tree trunk (microhabitat scale). Two individuals of the green morphospecies (Liturgusa sp.) resting on (C) a greenish-brown trunk (tree trunk scale) and (D) a patch of bryophyte covering a greenish-brown tree trunk (microhabitat scale). Two individuals of the grey morphospecies (Liturgusidae) resting on (E) a whitish trunk (tree trunk scale) and (F) a patch of lichen covering a whitish trunk (microhabitat scale).

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