A huge female leaf mantis, a Pseudoxyops species, from Peru. Normally it is well concealed among the leaves but it has crawled out on a rock.

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Size: 5135px × 3427px
Location: Tarapoto, Peru
Photo credit: © Anton Sorokin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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