# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![oksanaetal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/oksanaetal/32/60589_2.png) [@oksanaetal](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/oksanaetal)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/141 "2025-04-07T14:46:29Z")
I agree! ---
**Author:** ![joeylikesbirds](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/joeylikesbirds/32/59736_2.png) [@joeylikesbirds](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/joeylikesbirds)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/142 "2025-04-07T18:56:52Z")
I am I just crazy or does it look like a beetle? Maybe it’s a spider-mimic beetle. Or a beetle-mimic spider! Something like this, maybe at a weird angle? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/3/0/30ded83192dc4f1e65c0e8c8e0b27e6170ba7550.jpeg) ---
**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 7, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/143 "2025-04-07T20:10:09Z")
Small hairy with three body parts, I would say it looks kinda velvet anty? Still a guess but I would definitly lean hexapod. [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place\_id=34&taxon\_id=48513](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=34&taxon_id=48513) ---
**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 7, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/144 "2025-04-07T23:58:55Z")
For sure no spider with those antennae.. my very first thought was velvet ant as well because of its surface texture, but then I am not sure if the little guy is just covered in pollen ---
**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 8, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/145 "2025-04-08T00:06:13Z")
[Stephanopis sp.](https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/149028485) ![Step](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/f/a/fac98ef664e7b400a48622a49a16f35c3fd5409d.jpeg) ---
**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 8, 2025, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/146 "2025-04-08T09:06:41Z")
To me it looks like it is the ant family. ---
**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 8, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/147 "2025-04-08T11:08:20Z")
![Eurypegasus draconis](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/a/e/ae99b7a1da1902dfb2eada1dc0c31a2b9addb477.jpeg) Sometimes it takes the dive guide… ![Pleurosicya mossambica & Scorpaenopsis (sp) P7060028](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/b/b/bb7b9cbbdebde3ccca866f43fd488161ab83cfae.jpeg) …to show it to you. ---
**Author:** ![joeylikesbirds](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/joeylikesbirds/32/59736_2.png) [@joeylikesbirds](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/joeylikesbirds)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/148 "2025-04-08T11:38:21Z")
It does look a lot like a velvet ant, I agree. ---
**Author:** ![bonesigh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bonesigh/32/48359_2.png) [@bonesigh](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bonesigh)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/149 "2025-04-08T13:28:33Z")
found this one on my bonsai ![IMG_1935](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/4/0/40084356a6d8f26d500f33f35965bcedc1438f38.jpeg) [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/163720865](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/163720865) I didn’t let me get close enough to get a better picture. Kinda ironic considering how well it’s camouflaged. ---
**Author:** ![leafybye](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/leafybye/32/1525_2.png) [@leafybye](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/leafybye)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/150 "2025-04-08T21:32:04Z")
Fun thread, brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani) ![br](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/d/b/db95798d9329c0435c2bbde0f1e8da89ce2a2bb3.jpeg) ---
**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 9, 2025, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/151 "2025-04-09T06:39:52Z")
[Ceratofulvius tuberculatus](https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/68485288) ![Bug](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/0/d/0dc6d1137502082c8061e54700c756dc061d16dc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![shreedave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/shreedave/32/55592_2.png) [@shreedave](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/shreedave)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/152 "2025-04-10T07:20:34Z")
Here is an Orthopteran whose name I forgot. (iNat is catching Zs right now). ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/0/5/0579832658edc967a446ac8c46e602f7432762dd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![shreedave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/shreedave/32/55592_2.png) [@shreedave](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/shreedave)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/153 "2025-04-10T08:03:33Z")
Now iNat’s back! And this is _some_ Short Horned Grasshopper after all :( ---
**Author:** ![Marie-B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/marie-b/32/37346_2.png) [@Marie-B](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Marie-B)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/154 "2025-04-10T23:30:30Z")
![IMG_9220](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/9/1/911b69abed3f202d78693031a5e30b48ab7eb1eb.jpeg) A crab, I only saw it because it moved. ![IMG_9219](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/3/e/3ee7f25455c2654edf55132a35c65b9e3003cc1c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![shreedave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/shreedave/32/55592_2.png) [@shreedave](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/shreedave)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/155 "2025-04-11T13:23:23Z")
Can you spot [this locust](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/268028711)? ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/5/b/5bc82833fcb7e9a020a118deee351f015266af19.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![isopodguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/isopodguy/32/58177_2.png) [@isopodguy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/isopodguy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/156 "2025-04-11T17:28:36Z")
Shrimps in the family Crangonidae blend in with sand really well, especially when they partly bury themselves, [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/267967033](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/267967033) and so do pacific staghorn sculpins. [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/248089108](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/248089108) ---
**Author:** ![phma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/phma/32/54376_2.png) [@phma](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/phma)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/157 "2025-04-11T21:33:30Z")
I see an orthopteran hind leg sticking out from under what looks like grass. ---
**Author:** ![shreedave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/shreedave/32/55592_2.png) [@shreedave](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/shreedave)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/158 "2025-04-12T04:14:15Z")
I saw there are hardly any bird photos here, so here’s a [Paddyfield Pipit](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265256368). It can only be spotted if it runs or flies. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/5/e/5eb52553bcd538bc1340c6252dbb8630b8004207.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![sethshively](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/sethshively/32/68964_2.png) [@sethshively](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sethshively)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/159 "2025-04-12T12:56:26Z")
You win this thread so far. I can’t for the life of me find the rabbit in this photo ---
**Author:** ![oksanaetal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/oksanaetal/32/60589_2.png) [@oksanaetal](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/oksanaetal)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/160 "2025-04-12T14:20:40Z")
Heh heh I found it in about 2 seconds. [Previous page](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324.md?page=7) [Next page](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324.md?page=9)