Light-green colored lichen-mimicking cryptic katydid on a broad rainforest leaf on the grounds of Wild Sumaco Lodge in Ecuador. Species may be #Lichenomorphus montealegrezi. Four consecutive photographs taken in 30 sec at ca. 11:30 pm on 24 October 2024.

#Lichenomorphus montealegreziLight-green colored lichen-mimicking cryptic katydid on a broad rainforest leaf on the grounds of Wild Sumaco Lodge in Ecuador. Species may be #Lichenomorphus montealegrezi. Four consecutive photographs taken in 30 sec at ca. 11:30 pm on 24 October 2024.

Light-green colored lichen-mimicking cryptic katydid on a broad rainforest leaf on the grounds of Wild Sumaco Lodge in Ecuador. Species may be #Lichenomorphus montealegrezi. Four consecutive photographs taken in 30 sec at ca. 11:30 pm on 24 October 2024.

Light-green colored lichen-mimicking cryptic katydid on a broad rainforest leaf on the grounds of Wild Sumaco Lodge in Ecuador. Species may be #Lichenomorphus montealegrezi. Four consecutive photographs taken in 30 sec at ca. 11:30 pm on 24 October 2024.

“I’m definitely ‘lichen’ Ecuadorian #katydids!” The insects at #WildSumacoLodge in #Ecuador were spectacular. Among them, this #cryptic flat #lichen #mimic, #Lichenomorphus montealegrezi, stopped me in my tracks…after I walked past it several times. “Hey, lichen doesn’t move!” Amazing #crypsis.