Cave cricket, Mayagryllus apterus, from Footprints Cave in Belize. This species is endemic to the Cave Branch system, meaning that they are found nowhere else on Earth.
Leaf-mimicking katydid (Tett
Cave cricket, Mayagryllus apterus, from Footprints Cave in Belize. This species is endemic to the Cave Branch system, meaning that they are found nowhere else on Earth.
Leaf-mimicking katydid (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from Belize. Not only do they perfectly imitate a leaf's pattern, but also include spots that mimic leaf damage.
Today's rare insect: an ant-loving cricket, family Myrmecophilidae, Myrmecophilus sp. (Iowa). These inconspicuous crickets live commensally with ant colonies, fooling th