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Summary:Ghost Mantis or leaf? - Phyllocrania paradoxa is camouflaged so as to appear as dead, dried-up leaf material. It has an elongated head, a flattened, extended prothorax and leaf-like protrusions from its limbs. The mantis also has a forewing that looks like a desiccated leaf and the "creases" in the wings are actually shadings of pigment