An ant-mimicking bug tastes a seed in an Australian rainforest. Note how light patches on the bug's body give the false impression of a narrow ant waist and neck.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris. 

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris. Notice how the light bands on the waist provide the illusion of a narrow ant petiole.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Planthoppers in the family Dictyopharidae often have characteristic snouts.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris. Notice how the light bands on the waist provide the illusion of a narrow ant petiole.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
An ant-mimicking bug tastes a seed in an Australian rainforest. Note how light patches on the bug's body give the false impression of a narrow ant waist and neck.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
A newly hatched Stagmomantis carolina surveys the world.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
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