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Traveling Exhibit

Rainforest

Katydid nymph
Katydid nymph
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Disruptive coloration helps protect this early instar katydid nymph by making it difficult for predators to recognize its shape.

In the United States you can find other members of the same family of long-horned grasshoppers in grassy/weedy/brushy areas.

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Contents:
1.Ranomafana National Park
2.Analamazoatra Special Reserve
3.Montagne d'Ambre National Park
4.Masoala
Peninsula

5.Nosy Mangabe Special Reserve
6.Former rainforest near Sambava
 ·Bemarivo River
 ·Katydid nymph
 ·Lynx spider
 ·Coppery day
gecko

 ·Two-tone brown millipede
 
Golden Mantella, Mantella aurantiaca

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