Stretch Goal #1 Reached!
26 days ago – Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 10:46:17 AM

We did it! Our first stretch goal achieved! 

Thank you to the backers who helped push the project this far 💜

Next up on the stretch goal list is a second bookmark design. In a previous update I said the variant would be the second-place winner from the poll, but what do you think? Maybe there's a mimic that wasn't listed as an option that you'd like to see?

Bookmark Design Poll results!
28 days ago – Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 12:18:57 PM

If you're interested in seeing the process of the mantis being drawn, click here for the real-time video!

When we hit the second stretch goal, I'll turn the second-place design (Peruvian Shield Mantis) into a bookmark as well.

Sticker Sheet Reveal!
about 1 month ago – Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 02:13:05 PM

Time for the unveiling of the sticker sheet! Available to Masters of Disguise, Amazing Mimics, Sticker Mimics, and as an add-on for other tiers!


This is a 4"x6" sticker sheet featuring mimics that I couldn't fit into the book. Here's some details on these amazing animals:

• Termite-mimicking Rove Beetle (Austrospirachtha carrijoi): A beetle that lives parasitically inside termite nests. To blend in, it not only smells like a termite but has an overgrown abdomen shaped like a termite's body!

• Cheetah Cub (Acinonyx jubatus): Young cheetahs have a poof of gray hair on their backs that make them look like honey badgers. Honey badgers are fearless predators, so most animals stay away from them.

• Cinereous Mourner Chick (Laniocera hypopyrra): These birds begin life with fluffy orange feathers that make them look like flannel moth caterpillars, who hide a painful sting beneath their long hairs. The chick even moves like a caterpillar to make the disguise more convincing.

• Pinnate Batfish Juvenile (Platax pinnatus): The stunning color and frilly fins makes the fish look like a poisonous flatworm swimming around. They lose this bright coloration when they become adults, instead traveling in schools for protection.

• Fungus-mimicking Orb Weaver (Taczanowskia waska): Recently discovered in Ecuador, this spider is unusual because it mimics a dead spider infected by a fungus! It captures unsuspecting insects that get too close.

• Buff-tip Moth (Phalera bucephala): A moth that mimics a freshly broken twig. When resting, the moth folds its wings to form a cylinder so that the pale spots on both ends look like splintered wood.

Cover art update!
about 1 month ago – Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 11:54:33 AM

Bookmark Design Poll!
about 1 month ago – Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 10:12:33 AM

Poll is up for choosing the design for the bookmark!

• Peruvian Shield Mantis (Choeradodis rhombicollis): A mantis with leaf-like pronotum and wings. It pretends to be a leaf to ambush unsuspecting insects!

• Northern Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium californicum): A small owl with eyespots on the back of its head. The fake eyes fool predators into thinking that the owl is staring right at them, preventing sneak attacks!

• Dragon Flower Mantis (Toxodera integrifolia): A stunningly-colored and strangely-shaped mantis. It mimics a long, tubular flower found in the tropical rainforests it inhabits!

• Eastern Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius) & Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis elapsoides): The coral snake is the venomous model, and the kingsnake is the non-venomous mimic. Most animals don't want to find out the hard way which is which.

• Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) & Viceroy Butterfly (Limenitis archippus): Once considered a Batesian mimic of the monarch, more recent research discovered that birds also find viceroy butterflies distasteful. Now monarchs and viceroy butterflies are considered Müllerian mimics!

• Red Spotted Nudibranchs (Chromodoris species): Multiple species of chromodorid nudibranchs in Australia are  Müllerian mimics of each other, all taking on a similar pattern of white with red spots as a warning of their toxicity.