CamouflageAny color, shape, or pattern that allows a living thing to blend into its environment.

The following pictures show animals camouflaged in their environments.

They are using one of the following strategies:

1. color—the animal blends in2. patterns—the animal’s pattern makes it

difficult to seeThe technique called “disruptive coloration” uses both

color and patterns to make an animal difficult to see.

3. disguise—the animal looks like some other object, like a leaf

4. mimicry—the animal is acting like another animal to scare off predators

Dead Leaf Bug

Ibis in the desert

Hawk moth—mimics a snake

Tartan hawkfish

Moth

Woodcock bird

Alligator

Owl

Copperhead snake

Tree frog

Zebras…lions are color blind, so all they see are stripes that blend in

with the tall grass!

Butterfly—it has eye spots to mimic a larger, scarier creature.

Artic fox—has summer and winter coats to blend in both seasons!

Granite night lizard

Pacific sand dab

Katydid(disguised to look like a leaf)

Northern walking stick

Cope’s Gray Treefrogs

Goosefish blending into 2 different

environments

Long Tailed Weasel—summer and winter coats