[Cicero]

Hey. I have a lot of dumb questions, and some of you smarties might have answers. I know I can go to ask.com. But sometimes my queries end up with a big fat nothing.

So. How do insects that fit in with their natural environment know what they look like, enough to use it as a defense mechanism for survival? I mean, I like the leaf bugs that hang around the house, but how do they know that they look like a leaf? It's not like they look in a mirror one day, and say, "honey is it me or do I look like a leaf"?

How do they know that they look specifically like a stick or something, and hang in stacks of sticks? Is this some sort of natural instinct?

I mean, what the hell? Are they that self-aware?