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And today, I will be your teacher with Mr. Conchu.

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We hope you enjoy this lesson.

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Insects camouflage, principally to protect themselves from other living things that want to feed on them.

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First, we have concealing coloration. It's when the animal hides itself against a background of the same color.

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This is used to blend in with the environment.

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Then we have destructive coloration. It's when the animal has spots, stripes or patterns to break out the outline so it doesn't stick out against the back front.

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This quiz is the next type of camouflage. This is when the animal blends in with the surrounding by looking like another object.

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An insect that looks like a branch or a leaf is using a costume to hide from predators.

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Lastly, we have mimicry. This is when the insect pretends to be a more dangerous insect, this is just to be scarier and protect itself.

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There are a lot of insects that use camouflage. Some examples are insect sticks, leaf insects, green caterpillar and the cuttlefish.

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There are also some insects that use their back legs as shovels to deposit on them the

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exoskeleton from insects, sand, soil, leaves and pieces of wood.

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One curiosity is that in recent studies they found out that camouflaging insects come back

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from way before dinosaurs.