Leaf Moth

Click here to see if you can see the moth? It looks like a leaf.

 

leaf moth
Photo © Dan L. Perlman/EcoLibrary.org, used with permission

 

Leaf moths use color, pattern and shape to mimic leaves.

No es una hoja seca / It is not a dry leaf
photo © Jorge J. Restrepo; Medellin, Colombia, used with permission

 

This is not a leaf, but a moth. It is mimicking a leaf to hide from predators.

leaf moth
photo © Gary (Carolinensis on Flickr.com), used with permission

 

When this leaf moth flies, it flutters like a falling leaf.

Uropyia meticulodina

 

This moth mimics a dead leaf.

leaf moth
photo © PhotoSensate, used with permission

 

 

large green moth  photo © Upupp4me, used with permission

 

This moth mimics a leaf.

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