Plenty of creatures employ camouflage, but just a few of them have made it an art form. In nature, every advantage increases an animal’s chances of survival by adapting themselves perfectly to their environment. When stopped, they are perfectly hidden, well enough to miss them! Each animal adopts a tailor-made camouflage pattern for the particular micro-habitat that it settles in.

Many animal’s bold coloration is actually a very effective camouflage in their native habitats. Below are some of the best animal photography, that will show us how animals blend in with their environment so that others might overlook them. We’ll look at a few sophisticated hiders who can change their camouflage in accordance with a change in their surroundings.

Lizard Camouflage

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Camouflaged lacewing

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Larva de Pieris rapae

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Denise’s Pygmy Seahorse

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Camouflaged Alligator

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Allied Cowrie

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Crinoid Shrimp – Andaman Islands, India

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Stonefish

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California newt

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Green lizard in the green

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Harpyia microsticta (Notodontidae)

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Stone Fish

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Stick mimic

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Mimetismo “quase” perfeito!

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Chameleon Camouflage

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Wolf Spider . Ocyale guttata

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Itsy bitsy spider

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Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)

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Bleached earless lizard

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A well-camouflaged Moth

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Joe-pye Weed and Wavy-lined emerald moth caterpillar

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Pentatomidae, Stink Bug (Nymph)

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Chameleon

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Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae

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Phyllomimus sp. (Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae)

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Reef-dwelling trumpetfish

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Hidden Owl

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Pink Camouflage Fish

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Camouflaged hoppy

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Lady Bug

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Seahorse

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Leaf insect

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Dragonfly on a rock

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How to hide a 6 meter (19 feet) high Giraffe…?

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The natural camouflage of the rock behind the Elephant

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Leafy Sea Dragon

The leafy sea dragon has evolved an uncanny resemblance to the seaweed and kelp found in Australian coastal waters. The animals also mimic leafy weeds by drifting along with ocean currents, snacking on sea lice or tiny crustaceans. Male sea dragons bear young, like their relatives the sea horses, carrying eggs underneath their tails for four to six weeks.

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