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Why is Madagascar so special?
Biographies in biodiversity
The human scene
Conservation issues
Travel and tourism
Information sources and contacts
Urban areas
Rainforest
Dry tropical forest
Spiny desert
Madagascar locations map
Cryptic moth
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This cryptic moth (1 1/2-inch wingspan) blends in with patterns on the forest floor with optical illusion "curls" that help disguise its wing shape.
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Ankarana Special Reserve
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Ampijoroa Forestry Station
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Lake Ampijoroabe
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Woman and children fishing
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Crocodile at Lake Ampijoroabe
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Coquerel's Sifaka mother and young
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Coquerel's Sifaka
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Aroid
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Dragonflies mating
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Flatid bugs
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Flatid bug nymph
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Flatid bug
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Ant lion
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Cryptic moth
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Tortoise Beetle
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Grasshopper with stars in its e
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Golden Silk Spider
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Pholcid spider on a leaf
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Tiny Salticid spider
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