Showing posts with label stick insect. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stick insect. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Nanafushi: Stick Insect

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Displaying one of the best examples of the art of camouflage, the Stick Insect, known as nanafushi in Japanese, are usually difficult to spot.

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However, when they are crawling up your door they are much easier to see.

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There are 18 species of Stick Insect in Japan, and I have no idea which one this is.