# Winning at Camouflage **URL:** \ **Category:** Nature Talk\ **Created:** [December 12, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324 "2024-12-12T14:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![aditya\_puthenpura](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/aditya_puthenpura/32/52417_2.png) [@aditya\_puthenpura](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/aditya_puthenpura)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/281 "2026-03-09T02:13:51Z")
yes yes I had this in mind, theres no scope of Identification for this :) ---
**Author:** ![sebastiandoak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/sebastiandoak/32/3710_2.png) [@sebastiandoak](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sebastiandoak)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/282 "2026-03-09T04:53:56Z")
I didnt get that feeling, I was just giving a comparative type situation. So I was wondering if maybe they were referring to something earlier. ---
**Author:** ![jarvo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jarvo/32/28864_2.png) [@jarvo](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jarvo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/283 "2026-03-09T22:17:42Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/8/8/8813cd0e53b42cca617d32585c6d6984598ffc1f.jpeg)This Buff Tip has got the hang of it. ---
**Author:** ![jarvo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jarvo/32/28864_2.png) [@jarvo](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jarvo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/284 "2026-03-13T12:50:39Z")
![Camouflage](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/1/c/1c667b11c56af05c74b02f5d61596f5c46732a71.jpeg)Snipe are pretty good. I guess most people will easily see the one centre-shot, but what about the one on the left? And when they’re in the long grass, well, that’s a different story altogether. ---
**Author:** ![Clip](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/clip/32/55785_2.png) [@Clip](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Clip)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/286 "2026-03-27T12:13:38Z")
Long-headed Toothpick Grasshopper (id hasn’t been confirmed yet) looking like common ground debris. Had I not seen it move I never would have known it was there. Fun find. ![DSCN6199](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/1/7/17e65c0de4c59cf295c89bf31d4c6d0bd03e66e4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Drew\_Baxter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/drew_baxter/32/42997_2.png) [@Drew\_Baxter](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Drew_Baxter)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/287 "2026-04-04T03:24:51Z")
This Malachite Butterfly with its wings closed blended well into the vegetation on the bank of a little stream, then dry, that flowed down the mountain to the bay in the south end of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. The photo was taken on February 16, 2026. The dry season will last until June. ![IMG_0279](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/b/6/b62f7e619206d2903c9bf754141eb176c0d8ba72.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Ajott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/ajott/32/7397_2.png) [@Ajott](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Ajott)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/288 "2026-04-04T04:17:55Z")
Amazing.. they are so eye catching, but it works well in their natural habitat ---
**Author:** ![sebastiandoak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/sebastiandoak/32/3710_2.png) [@sebastiandoak](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sebastiandoak)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/289 "2026-04-04T06:02:54Z")
Whilst the framing makes it hard not to see it. This little critter was a target species on my recent trick, and certainly took some looking. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/9/9/9991f42b4f158ddccab5c601fd4a5687fccfcf0e.jpeg) [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345175211](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345175211) Anoteropsis forsteri Cenefias do a pretty good job of blending in as well. Only being a few mm helps with that. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/6/2/6288da1ced2da3c3fa176751f9ec8593965422f6.jpeg) [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345564194](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345564194) ---
**Author:** ![DitchingIt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/ditchingit/32/56657_2.png) [@DitchingIt](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/DitchingIt)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/290 "2026-04-05T06:46:26Z")
Some [research](https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ethology/articles/10.3389/fetho.2023.1181774/full) with rattlesnakes indicates that being in contact with a rope may reduce stress somewhat. The effect is less powerful than being in contact with a conspecific (a behaviour called social buffering) but may involve a visual or tactile correlate. It’s most likely coincidence in this garden, but maybe a hosepipe triggers a low level evolved buffering response which might increase time spent there. Maybe your snake did evolved to like hosepipes 😜 ---
**Author:** ![danly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/danly/32/42066_2.png) [@danly](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/danly)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/291 "2026-04-05T14:29:51Z")
That’s a fascinating study! So my snake could have been trying to de-stress with an ersatz companion. While also absorbing some moisture from it, if it was damp from recent use. With the added bonus of some nice camouflage. A win-win-win situation! ---
**Author:** ![ra\_teo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/ra_teo/32/69859_2.png) [@ra\_teo](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ra_teo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 7:45am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/292 "2026-04-10T07:45:21Z")
![1000089848](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/9/0/902b079941c9a4bd67a779680e7079065b120842.jpeg) Well hidden, I almost missed this Water Scorpion: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/348669758](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/348669758) ---
**Author:** ![Clip](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/clip/32/55785_2.png) [@Clip](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Clip)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/293 "2026-04-10T12:28:08Z")
This Southern Emerald Moth fits this topic pretty well. ![038](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/2/f/2fb4a14d2d00093156c31a22fad8e4c2e4262242.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Miyru](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/miyru/32/51447_2.png) [@Miyru](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Miyru)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/294 "2026-04-10T14:31:00Z")
![grasses](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/6/e/6e00966b07e2f359694f870eff03294f00116d20.jpeg) Grasses 🌿 [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/303164487](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/303164487) ---
**Author:** ![tjeales](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tjeales/32/28691_2.png) [@tjeales](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tjeales)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/295 "2026-04-20T06:48:42Z")
One of the best Poltys sp I’ve seen. Hard to tell it wasn’t just a bit of broken leaf even holding it in my hand. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/2/9/29342c236b779a04010cf26719d936003a759922.jpeg) [https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/350663777](https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/350663777) ---
**Author:** ![swara\_aves](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/swara_aves/32/70016_2.png) [@swara\_aves](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/swara_aves)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/296 "2026-04-21T08:32:44Z")
![1000628552](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/e/6/e610475adb8e3074e38e13ee2c98e43ceb25cbb2.jpeg) Not a great pic, but here’s a jumpy Oriental Garden Lizard which blended perfectly into the dry grass! [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/351047648](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/351047648) ---
**Author:** ![LostInCR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/lostincr/32/46854_2.png) [@LostInCR](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/LostInCR)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/297 "2026-04-22T18:31:14Z")
A common paraque has been incubating two eggs next to the road to my house. It is nearly invisible without a careful scanning of the leaves. ![0E0A6597-2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/0/2/0257a9c5c73c266140b7a3b28b91d6b0ce014628.jpeg) ![0E0A6599](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/2/f/2f168e4e69223e074de611eae6a7f0a1d9b1c724.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![nilshelstrom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/nilshelstrom/32/43620_2.png) [@nilshelstrom](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/nilshelstrom)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/298 "2026-04-24T12:51:26Z")
A Tan Jumping Spider (_Platycryptus undatus_) hides very well on a roof tile ([https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/352695279](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/352695279))… ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/e/8/e8943b83448632f09036401fe3a8c2f54b68e5ca.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![scharf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/scharf/32/4576_2.png) [@scharf](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/scharf)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/299 "2026-05-06T01:39:02Z")
Wow, that looks so much like a cuttlefish! ---
**Author:** ![dendroleon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dendroleon/32/27658_2.png) [@dendroleon](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/dendroleon)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/300 "2026-05-14T01:56:16Z")
![epimecis](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/e/e/ee1384b019aedd8961399e61d7f0fadef0d6fa51.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![kanescompendium](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/kanescompendium/32/59120_2.png) [@kanescompendium](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/kanescompendium)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/301 "2026-05-14T02:04:32Z")
Nice capture! I saw a ‘peppered moth’ recently that had a similar effect against bark but this is outstanding. [Previous page](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324.md?page=14) [Next page](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324.md?page=16)