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- Author(s): NASKRECKI, PIOTR
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Natural History. May2018, Vol. 126 Issue 5, p32-39. 8p. 17 Color Photographs.
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The article presents a discussion on survival tactics of insects, adapted from the book "Hidden Kingdom: The Insect Life of Costa Rica," by Piotr Naskrecki. It mentions that the deception adaptation, called crypsis, involves many different strategies and mostly the insects converts itself into the color of the background environment. The green caterpillar, leaf mantis, tree mantis and brown moth are some of the examples.
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