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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Red and black caterpillar
(China)
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Yellow leafhopper
(Madagascar)
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Grasshopper
(Vietnam)
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A katydid in Malaysia with a red head, black body, yellow winds, and black and yellow legs -- malaysia0362a
(Malaysia)
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White-blue leafhopper [colombia_3581]
(Colombia)
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White shield bug [sabah_sepilok_0162]
(Malaysia)
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Black and green grasshopper
(Vietnam)
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Blue, black, and yellow fly
(Panama)
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Brown moth
(Colombia)
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Orb spider
(China)
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Yellow eaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae) climbing a blade of grass
(Colombia)
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Colorful long-horned beetle (Family Cerambycidae)
(Laos)
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Red and black caterpillar
(China)
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Brightly colored cicada [kalbar_0289]
(Indonesia)
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Dragonfly
(Peru)
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Furry red caterpillar
(Peru)
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Yellow striped grasshopper [kalbar_0208]
(Indonesia)
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Rainforest canopy crab [costa_rica_5529]
(Costa Rica)
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Insect [costa_rica_la_selva_0289]
(Costa Rica)
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Butterfly
(Peru)
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Black pill millipede [kalteng_1105]
(Indonesia)
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Katydid
(Peru)
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Crane Fly, family Tipulidae in the Colombian rainforest (resembles a 'Daddy longlegs')
(Colombia)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Black caterpillar with orange spots [co05-0759a]
(Colombia)
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Katydid
(Vietnam)
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Beetle
(Peru)
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Cicada exoskeleton
(Indonesia)
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Spider eating a moth
(Cambodia)
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Blue and black damselfly
(Indonesia)
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Raspberry dragnofly
(Madagascar)
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Grasshopper
(Vietnam)
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Moth [madagascar_masoala_0086]
(Madagascar)
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Leaf-cutter ant
(Costa Rica)
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Grasshopper [madagascar_masoala_0631]
(Madagascar)
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Translucent green katydid [cr_4036]
(Costa Rica)
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Black beetle with yellow zigzag pattern (Pleasing Fungus Beetle, family Erotylidae)
(Colombia)
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Assassin bug
(Indonesia)
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Striped katydid [kalbar_0928]
(Indonesia)
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Brown katydid
(Peru)
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Grasshopper
(Vietnam)
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Clipper (Parthenos sylvia)
(0)
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Multi-colored bug [madagascar_perinet_0028]
(Madagascar)
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Leaf-footed Bugs (family Coreidae)
(Costa Rica)
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Moth
(Peru)
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Orange and black leafhopper [madagascar_0782]
(Madagascar)
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Caterpillar
(Indonesia)
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Close up of a cicada
(Indonesia)
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Green Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0152]
(Costa Rica)
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Ant [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0205]
(Madagascar)
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Blue morpho butterfly [costa_rica_la_selva_0354]
(Costa Rica)
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Camouflaged moth [colombia_1270]
(Colombia)
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Red millipede -- sabah_2707
(Malaysia)
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Butterfly [aceh_0036]
(Indonesia)
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Millipede
(Indonesia)
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Praying mantis [australia_daintree_129]
(Australia)
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Yellow caterpillar [brazil_155692]
(Brazil)
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Purple, yellow, and brown planthopper [kalbar_0672]
(Indonesia)
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Dark brown moth [colombia_2759]
(Colombia)
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Moth caterpillar
(China)
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Yellow spotted green caterpillar
(Colombia)
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Leaf katydid
(Vietnam)
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Skipper butterfly on leaf -- malaysia0836
(Malaysia)
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Wasp eating a caterpillar [manu_0610]
(Peru)
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Katydid camouflaged to resemble bird droppings on a fern [sumatra_1348]
(Indonesia)
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Katydids [costa_rica_la_selva_1712]
(Costa Rica)
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Dark brown and orange butterfly with blue spots [costa_rica_4467]
(Costa Rica)
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Brown skipper butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Stick insect
(Peru)
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Bee [costa_rica_siquirres_0642]
(Costa Rica)
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Red and black millipede [sabah_tawau_0252]
(Malaysia)
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Grasshopper
(Vietnam)
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Polka dot moth
(Indonesia)
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Malagasy flatid bug (Phromnia rosea) in its nymph stage [madagascar_perinet_0398]
(Madagascar)
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Spider on the underside of a banana leaf [costa_rica_5533]
(Costa Rica)
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Blue Morpho (M. menelaus) with wings closed while resting on a pink flower
(0)
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Crab [costa_rica_osa_0891]
(Costa Rica)
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Nephila orb spider [costa_rica_5204]
(Costa Rica)
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Multi-colored leaf-hopper
(Colombia)
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Empty tourist boat on Rio Tambopata
(Peru)
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Leopard Lacewing (Cethosia cyane)
(0)
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Pink and purple insect with huge eyes; this is a nymph that has JUST molted; abdomen is long like a damsel (or dragon) fly
(Madagascar)
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Walking stick insect [sabah_tawau_0193]
(Malaysia)
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Fly in the rainforest canopy [colombia_0261]
(Colombia)
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Orange insect with a blue fringe [west-papua_5917]
(Indonesia)
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Fly [riau_0485]
(Indonesia)
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Red grasshawk [sabah_sepilok_0557]
(Malaysia)
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Spider
(Indonesia)
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Butterfly [colombia_5088]
(Colombia)
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Green and beige walking stick [colombia_2381]
(Colombia)
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Blue and yellow weevil [sabah_sepilok_0002]
(Malaysia)
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Ant nest made of leaves
(Indonesia)
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Forest crab [panama_1037]
(Panama)
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Cicadas [costa_rica_la_selva_1714]
(Costa Rica)
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Shield bug [sabah_tawau_0377]
(Malaysia)
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Blue leafhopper [colombia_0476]
(Colombia)
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Butterfly
(Mexico)
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Katydid [sabah_tawau_0345]
(Malaysia)
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Praying mantis [australia_daintree_128]
(Australia)
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Moth
(Malaysia)
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Hanging ant nest
(Peru)
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Leafhopper
(Indonesia)
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Orange and rust-colored centipede [belize_8352]
(Belize)
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White ghost-like lacewing insect (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) [west-papua_5687]
(Indonesia)
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Daddy longlegs [costa_rica_5461]
(Costa Rica)
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Blue Land Crab (Cardisoma guanhumi) [colombia_1476]
(Colombia)
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Spider on its egg sac
(Peru)
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Orange shield bug
(0)
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Shield bug [madagascar_masoala_0518]
(Madagascar)
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Green grasshopper with silver eyes [costa_rica_osa_0182]
(Costa Rica)
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Fulvous Pied Flat butterfly (Pseudocoladenia dan) - Orange butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Common Mormon (Papilio polytes)
(0)
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Leaf-moth
(Peru)
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Great Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina)
(0)
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Io Moth (Automeris io) caterpillar [costa_rica_la_selva_0828]
(Costa Rica)
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Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) [madagascar_0756]
(Madagascar)
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Red and black millipede [sabah_tawau_0259]
(Malaysia)
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Female Atlas beetle (Chalcosoma atlas)
(Indonesia)
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Insect
(Peru)
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Red shield bug [sumatra_1334]
(Indonesia)
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Multicolored (red, green, yellow, orange, violet) fly [west-papua_5357]
(Indonesia)
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Black and neon green planthopper with red eyes
(Mexico)
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Pair of sleeping dragonflies [costa_rica_5586]
(Costa Rica)
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Light brown Dung Beetle, family Scarabaeidae [costa-rica-d_0002]
(Costa Rica)
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Yellow and pink caterpillar [madagascar_nosy_komba_0081]
(Madagascar)
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Leaf katydid
(Peru)
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Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach -- malaysia0621
(Malaysia)
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Red millipede in Madagascar [madagascar_0946]
(Madagascar)
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Insect [madagascar_masoala_0770]
(Madagascar)
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Brown and yellow grasshopper with a green spot
(Colombia)
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Skipper Butterfly
(Peru)
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Moth
(Peru)
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Borneo centipede
(Indonesia)
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Ants moving eggs
(Peru)
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Turquoise, violet, and black damselfly [sumatra_9097]
(Indonesia)
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Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0928]
(Costa Rica)
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Green and white insect
(Indonesia)
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Jumping spider [kalbar_1897]
(Indonesia)
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Wasp
(Mexico)
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Blue Postman butterfly (Heliconius sp) [colombia_4351]
(Colombia)
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Centipede [west-papua_0307]
(Indonesia)
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Orange beetle -- borneo_3747
(Malaysia)
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Spider -- sabah_2966
(Malaysia)
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Scorpion [belize_8601]
(Belize)
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Red millipede
(Indonesia)
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Red bugs mating [aceh_0387]
(Indonesia)
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Termites
(Indonesia)
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Black and green moth [colombia_0691]
(Colombia)
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Green praying mantis [sabah_sepilok_0589]
(Malaysia)
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Orb spider [madagascar_masoala_0190]
(Madagascar)
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Small yellow-black spider in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Orange, turquoise, black, and white insects mating [west-papua_5422]
(Indonesia)
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American Painted Lady or Postman butterfly (Heliconius melpomene)
(0)
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Red planthopper larvae/nymphs
(Colombia)
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Yellow, black, and brown katydid
(Indonesia)
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Blue and yellow weevil [sabah_sepilok_0021]
(Malaysia)
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Insect
(Vietnam)
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Blue-eyed fly [madagascar_masoala_0595]
(Madagascar)
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Polyura athamas faliscus [Butterfly with yellow-green and gray underparts] [sumatra_1277]
(Indonesia)
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Jumping spider [kalbar_1904]
(Indonesia)
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Common bluebottle butterflies (Graphium sarpedon) and other colorful butterflies feeding on minerals [sumatra_0555]
(Indonesia)
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Blue butterfly [colombia_4834]
(Colombia)
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Caterpillar
(China)
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Orange leafhopper [sumatra_9154]
(Indonesia)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Tiger beetle [java_0679]
(Indonesia)
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Planthopper [costa_rica_la_selva_0290]
(Costa Rica)
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Insect [costa_rica_la_selva_1722]
(Costa Rica)
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Red-eyed fly [sumatra_1317]
(Indonesia)
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Planthopper nymph [riau_0277]
(Indonesia)
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Spectrum grasshopper [kalbar_1359]
(Indonesia)
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Orange and black bug [panama_0840]
(Panama)
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Brown and green katydid
(Indonesia)
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Giant stick insect
(Indonesia)
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Black and white planthopper with red eyes [kalbar_1804]
(Indonesia)
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Colorful shield bugs mating
(Peru)
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Moth [costa_rica_siquirres_0752]
(Costa Rica)
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Katydid [costa_rica_la_selva_0793]
(Costa Rica)
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Lantern bug [sabah_sepilok_0136]
(Malaysia)
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Orange-necked roach
(Indonesia)
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Io Moth (Automeris io) caterpillar [costa_rica_la_selva_0837]
(Costa Rica)
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Orange and blue beetle
(Madagascar)
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Column of termites [kalbar_0811]
(Indonesia)
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Red bug [madagascar_ankarana_0272]
(Madagascar)
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Orb spider [cr_4276]
(Costa Rica)
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Red and black insect in China
(China)
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Shield bug
(Peru)
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Schoenherr's blue weevil (Eupholus schoenherri - Curculionidae family) [west-papua_0369]
(Indonesia)
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Yellow caterpillar with black spots [australia_daintree_245]
(Australia)
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Dragonfly [costa_rica_osa_0217]
(Costa Rica)
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Green cicada
(Malaysia)
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Glow worms in Peru
(Peru)
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Dark red beetle -- borneo_3899
(Malaysia)
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Orange leafhopper [aceh_0115]
(Indonesia)
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Ants on an ant plant
(Laos)
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Green backed beetle with orange underparts -- borneo_4439
(Malaysia)
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Butterfly [colombia_5139]
(Colombia)
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Green and brown cicada -- borneo_4070
(Malaysia)
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Yellow caterpillar with black spines
(Cambodia)
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Malaysian Blue Clipper (Parthenos sylvia)
(0)
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Leopard Lacewing (Cethosia cyane)
(0)
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White shield bug [sabah_sepilok_0172]
(Malaysia)
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Green, yellow, and turquoise grasshoppers
(Indonesia)
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Blue and black butterfly [java_0628]
(Indonesia)
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Mossy stick insects
(Madagascar)
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Damselfly [colombia_0461]
(Colombia)
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Pinktoed tarantula (Avicularia avicularia) [colombia_1253]
(Colombia)
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Green grasshopper with an orange abdomen [costa_rica_4745]
(Costa Rica)
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Spider
(Indonesia)
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Butterfly [colombia_5197]
(Colombia)
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Moth
(Peru)
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Tiger beetle [java_0672]
(Indonesia)
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Moth
(Peru)
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Lantern bug [sabah_sepilok_0152]
(Malaysia)
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grasshopper [panama_0667]
(Panama)
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Hermit crab [colombia_2957]
(Colombia)
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Black and light blue caterpillar
(United States)
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Assassin bug [kalbar_0364]
(Indonesia)
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Shield bug [madagascar_masoala_0522]
(Madagascar)
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Green caterpillar [sumatra_1060]
(Indonesia)
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Blue beetle with a red head [sumatra_0464]
(Indonesia)
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Yellow-speckled Cleonine weevil (genus Lixus - Curculionidae family) [madagascar_6119]
(Madagascar)
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Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_1078]
(Costa Rica)
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Rusty caterpillar
(Colombia)
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Bluish beetle [wayquecha-andes_0424]
(Peru)
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Nazca booby
(Ecuador)
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Crayfish [costa_rica_siquirres_0232]
(Costa Rica)
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Orange, turquoise, black, and white insect
(Indonesia)
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Ghost crabs on the beach [java_0825]
(Indonesia)
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Stream Glory (Neurobasis chinensis) a metallic green damselfly [sumatra_0895]
(Indonesia)
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Planthopper with a magenta-pink growth on its back
(Indonesia)
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Multicolored katydid [west-papua_6469]
(Indonesia)
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Large ant [colombia_2933]
(Colombia)
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Army ants [manu_0968]
(Peru)
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Red and black damselfly
(China)
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Orange translucent butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Glasshopper [costa_rica_siquirres_0734]
(Costa Rica)
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Orange and black moth [sabah_tawau_0347]
(Malaysia)
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Blue and black katydid
(Panama)
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Blue and yellow weevil [sabah_sepilok_0016]
(Malaysia)
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Stick insect
(Vietnam)
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Bee [costa_rica_siquirres_0641]
(Costa Rica)
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Giant hissing cockroach pollinating a purple flower [madagascar_6635]
(Madagascar)
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Purple grasshawk
(Indonesia)
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Kalimantan tiger beetle
(Indonesia)
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Caterpillar [kalbar_1362]
(Indonesia)
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Blue and black butterfly [west-papua_0333]
(Indonesia)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_1001]
(Suriname)
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Blue beetle with an orange head
(Malaysia)
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Orange and black beetles mating
(Indonesia)
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Fly [sabah_sepilok_0566]
(Malaysia)
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Colorful tiger beetle [sumatra_1300]
(Indonesia)
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Jumping spider [madagascar_masoala_0514]
(Madagascar)
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Damselfly [costa_rica_la_selva_1336]
(Costa Rica)
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Hermit crab
(Colombia)
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Orange, metallic green, and black assassin bug [colombia_0575]
(Colombia)
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Red, yellow, black, and white caterpillar
(Indonesia)
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Shield bug [costa_rica_osa_0387]
(Costa Rica)
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Silver beetle with a red-orange head
(Madagascar)
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Colorful wing of the Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus)
(Madagascar)
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Katydid
(Indonesia)
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Green, yellow, and turquoise grasshoppers
(Indonesia)
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Crab in Madagascar
(Madagascar)
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Coppery beetle [sumatra_1236]
(Indonesia)
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Leafhopper [madagascar_5486]
(Madagascar)
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Malaysian ant [sabah_tawau_0371]
(Malaysia)
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Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0320]
(Costa Rica)
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Elongated blue and orange insect -- borneo_3360
(Malaysia)
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Butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Giant Borneo spider [kalbar_1952]
(Indonesia)
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Beetle
(Indonesia)
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Insect [madagascar_masoala_0234]
(Madagascar)
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Masked trogon (Trogon personatus)
(Ecuador)
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Blue-winged fly
(Indonesia)
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Praying mantis in New Guinea
(Indonesia)
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Beige jumping spider
(Indonesia)
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Katydid
(China)
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Fisheye view of a cicada in the Borneo rainforest [kalbar_0904]
(Indonesia)
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Moth
(Peru)
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Blushing Phantom (Cithaerias pireta), a clear-winged butterfly with pink parts
(Panama)
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Chinese butterfly
(China)
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Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa)
(0)
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Colorful long-horned beetle (Family Cerambycidae)
(Laos)
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Forest roach
(Peru)
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Malaysian ant [sabah_tawau_0368]
(Malaysia)
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Beetles [namibia_2013]
(Namibia)
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Colony of termites [kalbar_1745]
(Indonesia)
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Leafcutter ants [colombia_1414]
(Colombia)
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Beetle [brazil_154608]
(Brazil)
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Glass Wing Butterfly
(Peru)
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Yellow and black caterpillar [aceh_0426]
(Indonesia)
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Butterfly [manu_0865]
(Peru)
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Beetle [kalteng_0580]
(Indonesia)
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Transparent-winged butterfly
(Costa Rica)
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Turquoise blue katydid larva [west-papua_6202]
(Indonesia)
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Pink, orange, yellow, violet katydid with spots and green eyes [west-papua_0169]
(Indonesia)
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Green-eyed fly [sumatra_1056]
(Indonesia)
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Wasp [manu_0759]
(Peru)
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Butterfly
(Malaysia)
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Blue dragonfly
(United States)
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