Tropical forests of Malaysia, where it lives among broad leaves in humid lowland vegetation.
Body length
110 mm
Order
Phasmatodea · Phylliidae
Weird but real
Females mimic broad green leaves and can hatch all-female young from unfertilized eggs when males are absent.
Why it's cool
It turns its whole body into a swaying leaf disguise, complete with vein-like wings and ragged edges.
Photographs
für A & B: User:Drägü für C & D: Cumming RT, Bank S, Le Tirant S, Bradler S (2020) Notes on the leaf insects of the genus Phyllium of Sumatra and Java, Indonesia, including the description of two new species with purple coxae (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae). ZooKeys 913: 89-126. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.913.49044 Gesamtbild: User:Drägü · CC BY 4.0 · source
