Camouflage!

The ability of some species to blend into their surroundings is astonishing! If I see an insect in flight such, as this female Green Darner, I am sometimes lucky to see it land for a photo opportunity! Common Green Darners are one of 16 migratory dragonflies in North America. Like Monarchs, these dragonflies embark on a multi-generational migration, where the generation that returns to Canada in spring are the grandchildren of the ones that left in autumn.

https://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/what-we-do/resource-centre/featured-species/insects-and-spiders/common-green-darner.html

Standing still and scanning plants increases the chances of finding camouflaged caterpillars. The green and yellow colours of an Asteroid Moth larva, perfectly match the goldenrod plant!

When I first saw this green larva, I thought it was a part of the leaf. Then I noticed it was chewing on the maple leaf and realized I was looking at a caterpillar!

In the very centre of this photo is a thick looking stick. In fact, it's a caterpillar doing a perfect imitation of a stick! Identification has been difficult to determine. I believe it was on an Ironweed sapling.

Close up view of the "stick" caterpillar! If you look carefully at the end of the caterpillar, you can see it gripping the tree branch.

A pair of Green Stink Bugs have chosen to hide between 2 layers of matching green leaves.

The mottled colours on the Two-horned Treehopper make camouflage easy on the stem.

Fly resting on a seed head.