In some species the edge of the leaf insect's body even has the appearance of bite marks.
Whole groups of animals go in for mimicry as a life style, such as mantids, leaf insects or stick insects.
Phasmatodea, the stick and leaf insects, is an order which is entirely based on camouflage.
The genitalia of the fossil are nearly identical to those of modern leaf insects, indicating that the species has changed little over the millennia.
The spiny leaf insect then acts like it's another predator and might rear up.
Carausius is a genus of the tribe Lonchodini, in the order Phasmatodea (stick and leaf insects).
She is modeled after a leaf insect.
These leaf insects are found mainly in tropical areas and rainforests where adequate quantities of vegetation are available for consumption.
A study was done in Sri Lanka, based on the leaf insect's diet.
Different types of oviposition occurs in leaf insects.