Stick insect (Oreophoetes peruana) with red aposematic or warning colouration, indicating this species is distasteful or poisonous to predators. Photo

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Stick insect (Oreophoetes peruana) with red aposematic or warning colouration, indicating this species is distasteful or poisonous to predators. Photographed in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

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Photo credit: © DR MORLEY READ/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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