Etienne Littlefair / Green ant mimic spider (Myrmarachne smaragdina), adult female hunting, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, March.

Ripan Biswas / Portrait of an ant-mimicking crab spider. (Amyciaea sp) raising its legs to warn the photographer. Buxa tiger reserve, India.

Tony Wu / Crab-eye goby (Signigobius biocellatus), mimics crab with eye-spot markings on dorsal fins and back and forth movement. Loloata Island, Papua New Guinea.

Mark Bowler / Sphinx hawk moth (Hemeroplanes triptolemus) caterpillar, snake mimic species, Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, Maijuna, Rio Napo, Peru

Mark Bowler / Sphinx hawk moth (Hemeroplanes triptolemus) caterpillar, snake mimic species, Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, Maijuna, Rio Napo, Peru

Mark Bowler / Sphinx hawk moth (Hemeroplanes triptolemus) caterpillar, snake mimic species, Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, Maijuna, Rio Napo, Peru

Konrad Wothe / Jumping stick grasshopper (Apioscelis bulbosa) Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Bert Willaert,Bert Willaert / Chile Four-eyed Frog (Pleurodema thaul) showing how it got its name - eye spots on the back of it's body, Chile, December,. Controlled conditions,

Stephen Dalton / Indian Leaf Butterfly (Kalima paralekta) showing near-perfect leaf mimicry. India.

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Ophrys orchid (Ophrys x maremmae) a natural hybrid between (Ophrys fuciflora) and Ophrys tenthredinifera) occasionally found where both species are present together, Umbria, Italy, May. focus-stack-c...

Rolf Nussbaumer / Broad-headed Bug (Hyalymenus tarsatus) nymph on leaf mimicking an ant. Comal County, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA, October.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Broad-headed Bug (Hyalymenus tarsatus) nymphs on leaf mimicking ants. Comal County, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA, October.

Kim Taylor / Wasp / Longhorn Beetle (Clytus arietus) against a white background. Surrey, UK, June.

Juergen Freund / Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) camouflaged on coral (Muricela sp). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Praying mantis (Mantodea) green leaf mimic type walking along a mossy branch in lowland rainforest, Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Jeff Rotman / Free diver swimming amongst Californian sealions (Zalophus californianus) Anacapa Island, California, Pacific Ocean Model released Model released.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Leaf beetle (Clytra sp) Huelva, Spain, April 2009. WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION.

Doug Perrine / Pair of Robust ghost pipefish {Solenostomus cyanopterus} mimicing seagrass, Mabul Island, Sabah, Malaysia

Ross Hoddinott / RF- Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera). Cornwall, UK. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Ross Hoddinott / Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera). Cornwall, UK

Barry Mansell / Pinewoods tree frog tadpole mimicing leaf {Hyla femoralis}

Ingo Arndt / Slug caterpillar moth larva {Acharia nesea} Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Slug caterpillar moth larvae mimicry {Limacodidae} Comoe NP, Ivory Coast

Ingo Arndt / Slug caterpillar moth larva mimics bug {Limacodidae} Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Brush footed butterfly caterpillar mimics snake {Archaeoprepona demophoon} Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Looper moth caterpillar mimics twig {Geometridae} Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Slug moth caterpillar mimics seed pod {Perola sp} Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America

Ingo Arndt / Cryptic Lobster moth caterpillar mimics ant {Stauropus fagi} Germany

Ingo Arndt / Silkmoth caterpillar with eye spots to mimic snake {Oxytenis beprea} Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Silkmoth caterpillar with eye spots to mimic snake {Oxytenis modestia} Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America

John Downer Productions / Peacock flounder attempts to simulate the squares of chessboard (Bothus lunatus) - Resolution restriction due to image digitised from film - 'Weird Nature' BBC tv series.

Pete Oxford / Monkey-slug caterpillar {Phobetron sp} mimics tarantula spider. Rainforest, Madre de Dios, Peru

Pete Oxford / Feather mimic caterpillar found in Macipucuna Cloudforest Andes, Ecuador, South America. Unidentified species

PREMAPHOTOS / Decoy spider female camouflaged in web (Cyclosa insulana) Sumatra

Hans Christoph Kappel / Ladybird spider male, Germany

Hans Christoph Kappel / Narrow Bordered Bee Hawk Moth. (Hemaris tityus) Germany

Duncan Mcewan / Brussels Lace Moth caterpillar on lichen covered oak twig. Scotland, UK

Christian Ziegler / Ponerine Ant (Ectatomma sp) pair and mimicking plant bug nymph, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Chien Lee / Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus) mimicking branch, Utria National Park, Colombia

Paul Bertner / Fantastic Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus) mother and young, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Moth (Macrocilix maia), with false fly spots, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Paul Bertner / Dead Leaf Katydid (Orophus tessellatus) camouflaged in leaf litter, Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Chien Lee / Fantastic Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus) female mimicking wilting leaf, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Chien Lee / Grasshopper (Chorotypus sp) mimicking leaf, Malaysia

David Fleetham / Leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus) camouflaged on a reef, Maui, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.