Lab Manual Exercise #10C

A zebra in the wild in South Africa. The disruptive markings make it difficult for a predator (lioness) to single out an individual zebra among a herd. Click on photo to see the image in color.

Click on the photograph to see this unusual insect on a light box.

The walking leaf insect (Phyllium pulchrifolium), a member of the family Phyllidae in the order Orthoptera. This remarkable walking stick relative is native to Indonesia and Malaysia. There are several color variations that perfectly match the foliage of trees and shrubs.

Click on the photograph to see this unusual insect on a light box.

A giant prickly stick insect (Extatosoma tiaratum), a member of the walking stick family Phasmidae in the order Orthoptera. This remarkable walking stick is native to Australia and New Guinea. Large females such as this can be up to six inches long (15 cm).

Click on the photograph to see upper side of this butterfly on butterfly page.

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Click on the photograph to see this insect in its natural pose.

A female owl butterfly (Caligo brasiliensis) showing the underside of its wings.

Retrogression: This rushing river was once a dense marsh. The marsh was washed away by a flash flood that roared down the canyon. Click on the photo to see the same area before the flood.

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