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A lacewing larva that has covered itself with lichen fragments as camouflage. Unless it moves, it is very hard to see against its background of beech bark, leafy liverworts, and bark-dwelling lichens. Photographed in eastern Texas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photograph copyright Stephen/Sylvia Sharnoff