Moth looks like a dead leaf

Why Evolution Is True introduced me to a profoundly awesome example of mimicry in nature: Uropyia meticulodina, a moth from eastern Asia that looks like a dead leaf.

Real Monstrosities: "Its not just brown like a dead leaf, its brown like a curled up, dead leaf. And its not just brown like a curled up, dead leaf, it depicts a leaf catching the light, with shadows in all the right places and you can even see the veins casting tiny shadows along the curled underside. Its like one of those optical illusions that still work even when you know its a trick."

Here's what it looks like "normally", or at least when pinned to a board. (Hsu Hong Lin, CC)

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