Video of stunning leaf insects breaks internet; netizens say 'nature is wonderful'

An astonishing video featuring leaf insects that can camouflage on the host plants with the colourful, leaf-like appearance has gone viral. Uploaded by Indian Forest Service official Susanta Nanda, the leaf-like insects have fascinated people all over social media. These include some of the most surprisingly camouflaged leaf mimesis in the entire animal kingdom, suggest reports. Nanda remarks that these insects camouflage themselves so accurately that the predator often fails to distinguish between them and real leaves. The 14 seconds video shows a hand holding four different leaf insects. Two of them are green in colour, while the other two are orange and yellow. These leaf insects can seamlessly blend with surroundings with their leaf-like body structure in order to nibble their favourite plant or fruit they settle on. One insect is seen falling down from the hand and it looks exactly similar to a green leaf. However, it is when it comes back to the hand and it starts moving then you realise it is an insect. Read: Fact Check: Are Deadly Flying Insects Claiming Lives In India And China? Walking leaves.These are leaf insects,camouflaged in taking on the appearance of leaves. They do this so accurately that predators often are not able to distinguish them from real leaves. pic.twitter.com/xS5mdZ050v — Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) August 16, 2020 Uploaded on August 16, the video has managed to gather close to 9.5K views. The video has also invited 1K likes and 197 Retweets and comments. There are tweeples who are posting images of their encounter with the leaf insects. Few people are also Retweeting the video with their own caption. Read: Miniature Robotic Camera On Beetle's Back Streams Adventures Of The Insect's Life 'Nature is beautiful' Nature is wonderful. I also saw a grasshopper resembling a leaf in balcony of house & some strange looking flowers on web. pic.twitter.com/KARXJDnKqe — Pipalkoti (@Pipalkoti) August 16, 2020 Near my house.. saw one.. pic.twitter.com/qeyoWECHuT — Pankaj 🌱 (@mailpkj) August 16, 2020 मैंने ये बनाया है खिलोना बर के पत्तों से। pic.twitter.com/y0f0ODMxhN — Amit Kumar (@Amitsmile28) August 16, 2020 Nature is so wonderful. Thank you a lot for making aware about this beauty of nature. Also when it is my Odisha, the vastness of nature is beyond someone's imagination. — ଉତ୍କଳ ସନ୍ତାନ (@kr_biswal) August 16, 2020 These used to be so scary during childhood!!!! — Raj (@ConquistadorRaj) August 16, 2020 This is exactly why I Love Mother Nature, her surprises are never ending and absolutely Fab 🥰😍 https://t.co/gFHx0vxyUZ — 📯🐃 (@biscuit_rotti) August 16, 2020 Nature is cool! That's all. That's the tweet. https://t.co/EH8RLgdqB1 — Prerana Sabnis, PhD (She/Her) (@preranasabnis) August 16, 2020 Excellent https://t.co/rRWGj8aRGC — VIJAYA SREE N (@LEOVSN) August 16, 2020 Few days back another such video featuring Orchid Mantis went viral. In the video, one can see an insect sitting on top of a plant. As the insect resembles the flower Orchid, netizens were amazed to see the ‘walking orchids’. The 10-second long clip shows the insect moving on a leaf. While sharing the clip on Twitter, IFS official Susanta Nanda informed that the insects are mostly seen in Western Ghats of India. Read: Video Of Stunning Orchid Mantis Wins Internet, Netizens Ask 'is It A Flower Or Insect? Also Read: As India Fights Locust Swarms, You Have To See How China Battled Its Worst Insect Attack (Image Credits: SusantaNanda3)

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Video of stunning leaf insects breaks internet; netizens say 'nature is wonderful'

A video showing leaf insects goes viral on social media. Uploaded on August 16, the video has managed to gather close to 9.5K views, leaving netizens astonished

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