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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Black Tortoise beetle with yellow polkadots [madagascar_masoala_0659] (Madagascar)
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Red and black caterpillar (China)
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0 (Malaysia)
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Yellow dragonfly with maroon eyes and blue cheeks [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0511] (Madagascar)
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Beetles [namibia_2015] (Namibia)
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Montezuma Oropendula (Belize)
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Green grasshopper eating a banana leaf (Colombia)
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Giant dragonfly (China)
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Green katydid (China)
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Green spiny caterpillar (Colombia)
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Turquoise, yellow, and black butterfly (Indonesia)
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Green shield insect (Mexico)
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Orange butterfly on flip flops (Peru)
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Amarynthis meneria butterfly on leaf (Peru)
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Millipede (China)
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Sand grasshopper (United States)
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Brown katydid (Peru)
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Orange-eyed cicada (Vietnam)
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Glasshopper [costa_rica_siquirres_0681] (Costa Rica)
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Iridescent violet butterfly (Indonesia)
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A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
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Possibly a morpho butterfly (species unknown) (Peru)
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Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark [belize_7186] (Belize)
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Flamboyant Flower Beetle (Eudicella gralli) (0)
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Planthopper nymph [riau_0276] (Indonesia)
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Rainbow grasshopper [co05-0798] (Colombia)
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Yellow and black butterfly (Peru)
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Ferocious looking insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Camouflaged insect (Peru)
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Orange-headed katydid [kalbar_2067] (Indonesia)
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Insect (Vietnam)
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Blue morpho on a wooden deck (Colombia)
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Skipper Butterfly of the Astraptes fulgerator complex in Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
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Unknown butterfly with orange; brown; and white markings on outer part of the wing (Peru)
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Green grasshopper (Peru)
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Frigatebird in the Galapagos (Ecuador)
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Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0902] (Madagascar)
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Grasshopper (Peru)
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Fishing spider (Colombia)
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Spider [madagascar_masoala_0914] (Madagascar)
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Spider-like harvestman (Colombia)
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Rainbow Milkweed Locust (Phymateus saxosus), a toxic species due to its propensity to eat milkweed [madagascar_5781] (Madagascar)
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A bright blue beetle in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
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Insects (Panama)
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Great Mormon (Papilio memnon) feeding on a red hibiscus (Indonesia)
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Blue and yellow weevil [sabah_sepilok_0013] (Malaysia)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0998a] (Suriname)
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Millipede (China)
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0 (Malaysia)
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Grasshopper (Peru)
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Stunning blue planthopper (Colombia)
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Ants feeding on a fallen cicada (Costa Rica)
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Unidentified Dragonfly (Madagascar)
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Beetle [brazil_154621] (Brazil)
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Moth [costa_rica_la_selva_1215] (Costa Rica)
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Assassin bug (Peru)
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Blue and black butterfly [java_0631] (Indonesia)
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Green katydid (China)
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Giant locust (Colombia)
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Katydid [madagascar_masoala_0917] (Madagascar)
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Closeup on the jaws of a soldier army ant (Costa Rica)
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Polka dot moth (Indonesia)
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Metallic green beetle (China)
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Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0303] (Costa Rica)
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Butterflies feeding on a flower (Peru)
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Black and light blue caterpillar (United States)
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Fly in China (China)
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Butterfly [costa_rica_siquirres_0866] (Costa Rica)
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Arachides toras caterpillar (Panama)
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Butterfly with pink and transparent wings in Costa Rica (Greta oto) (Costa Rica)
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Saribia buttefly (Lycaenidae), not a Skipper butterfly (Hesperioidea) [madagascar_0723] (Madagascar)
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Yellow and black Leaf-footed Bug, family Coreidae on screen (unknown species) (Peru)
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Red beetle (Suriname)
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Neon red and orange katydid nymph (Indonesia)
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Green; blue; yellow; red; and black grasshopper (Peru)
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Red and black katydid (Vietnam)
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Green grasshopper [madagascar_nosy_komba_0238] (Madagascar)
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Caterpillar [aceh_0602] (Indonesia)
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Thorn spider (Laos)
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Millipede (Malaysia)
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Blue dragonfly -- borneo_3893 (Malaysia)
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Tiger beetle [java_0666] (Indonesia)
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Borneo moth (Malaysia)
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Spider (Malaysia)
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Striped leafhopper (green, yellow, blue and black) (Peru)
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Red and blue planthopper (Malaysia)
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Orange butterfly [riau_1520] (Indonesia)
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Fishing spider in Madagascar (Madagascar)
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Green damselfly [sabah_tawau_0434] (Malaysia)
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Cicada exoskeleton shedding (Indonesia)
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Wasp (Malaysia)
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Butterfly [madagascar_5576] (Madagascar)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_1023] (Suriname)
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Latern bug (Fulgora lampestris) [sabah_kinabatangan_0378] (Malaysia)
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Butterfly (China)
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Black and yellow dragonfly with green eyes (Indonesia)
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Butterfly on a man's hand (Peru)
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Colorful; but known grasshopper-like insect (Peru)
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Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach -- malaysia0597 (Malaysia)
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Butterfly in Aceh [aceh_0198] (Indonesia)
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Black wasp-like insect with indigo blue eyes, orange wings, and orange antenna. This robber fly or mydas fly, (Asilidae or Mydidae family) is a mimic of the Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis formosa) (Costa Rica)
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Butterfly (Panama)
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Hot pink insect with turquoise feet and eyes (Suriname)
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Ferocious looking insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Stick insect [kalbar_2072] (Indonesia)
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Insect (Peru)
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Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Mossy stick insect [madagascar_perinet_0320] (Madagascar)
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Walking stick insect (Costa Rica)
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Butterfly [colombia_0448] (Colombia)
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0 (Malaysia)
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Blue, yellow and orange grasshopper (male) mating with a green and turquoise grasshopper (female) (Indonesia)
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Orange, yellow, and black butterfly (Suriname)
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Polybothris Jewel beetle (family Buprestidae) [madagascar_5352] (Madagascar)
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Red and blue dragonfly (Costa Rica)
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Tractor millipede [sabah_tawau_0319] (Malaysia)
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Zanna nobilis (Indonesia)
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Spider eating an ant (Malaysia)
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Butterfly (0)
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Black honeybee (Costa Rica)
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Bumble bee (Kenya)
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Weevil (Indonesia)
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Orb spider (Vietnam)
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0 (Malaysia)
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Spiny caterpillar (Costa Rica)
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Orange and black insect (China)
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Moth [costa_rica_la_selva_1705] (Costa Rica)
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Green grasshopper with orange eyes (Indonesia)
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Yellow-green insect on the forest floor (Costa Rica)
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Green and gray butterfly [sumatra_9360] (Indonesia)
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Rajah Brooke's Birdwing (Trogonoptera brookiana), a black butterfly with green markings and a bright red head (Indonesia)
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Blue-eyed dragonfly [kalbar_0392] (Indonesia)
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Mantid [madagascar_maroantsetra_0074] (Madagascar)
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Black and yellow centipede (Peru)
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Whip-scorpion [costa_rica_siquirres_0414] (Costa Rica)
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0 (Malaysia)
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Green katydid [sumatra_0873] (Indonesia)
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Turquoise, blue, and yellow weevil [costa_rica_osa_0104] (Costa Rica)
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Green-eyed, orange-headed, purple-bodied planthopper [kalbar_1842] (Indonesia)
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Red and green katydid (Indonesia)
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Blushing Phantom (Cithaerias pireta), a clear-winged butterfly species (Panama)
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Striped katydid [kalsel_0031] (Indonesia)
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White planthopper with orange eyes (China)
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Green stick insect (Costa Rica)
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Red and black caterpillar (China)
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Red-pink dragonfly (Colombia)
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Butterfly (Suriname)
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Red dragonfly [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0452] (Madagascar)
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Cicada having just emerged from its shell (Costa Rica)
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Yellow and black caterpillar [aceh_0433] (Indonesia)
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Butterfly (Peru)
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Leaf-mimicking treehopper [madagascar_3518] (Madagascar)
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Owl butterfly (Peru)
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Beautiful red,white, and blue butterfly - Malay Red Harlequin (Paralaxita damajanti) butterfly [kalbar_2154] (Indonesia)
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Tiger beetle [riau_5515] (Indonesia)
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Female magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) (Ecuador)
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Mossy stick insect [madagascar_perinet_0329] (Madagascar)
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Large Malaysian jungle spider (Malaysia)
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Nephila spider (Thailand)
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Chinese butterfly (China)
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Yellow caterpillar with black spots (Australia)
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Butterfly [costa_rica_la_selva_0799] (Costa Rica)
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Butterfly [kalbar_0155] (Indonesia)
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Red and black caterpillar (China)
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Red shield bug [sumatra_1332] (Indonesia)
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Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0827] (Costa Rica)
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Green-blue bee [costa_rica_la_selva_0174] (Costa Rica)
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Blue, yellow, and black butterfly (Colombia)
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Green grasshopper with gray-black legs and a yellow stripe down its back (Peru)
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Platynopus melanoleueus, an insect used for integrated pest management of oil palm (Malaysia)
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Red grasshawk dragonfly [west-papua_6089] (Indonesia)
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Golden fly (Indonesia)
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Orange bug on a flower (China)
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Blue damselfly [costa_rica_la_selva_1197] (Costa Rica)
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Phoebis philea and Anteos menippe butterflies in large group feeding on minerals in mud [manu-Manu_1022_1656] (Peru)
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Dark brown centipede (Peru)
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Orange knee tarantula (Bracypelma smithi) (0)
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Red mite with yellow spots (Australia)
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Light green colored cricket (Colombia)
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Yellow leaf-shaped katydid (Costa Rica)
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Stick insect (Peru)
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Black pill millipede (Malaysia)
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Red and black Leaf-footed Bugs (family Coreidae) hatching out their eggs (Costa Rica)
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0 (Malaysia)
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Blue leafhopper [costa_rica_la_selva_0407] (Costa Rica)
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Butterfly with eye-spots (Suriname)
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Green, white, and orange planthopper (China)
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Frigatebirds in flight (Ecuador)
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Red grasshawk dragonfly [kalimantan_9026] (Indonesia)
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Fulgoridae family bug (Colombia)
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Possibly a Heliconius butterfly (species unknown) (Peru)
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Pill millipede (Glomeris connexa) -- borneo_3587 (Malaysia)
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White planthopper with orange eyes (China)
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Chinese ant (China)
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Green katydid (Colombia)
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Scorpion eating a katydid (Colombia)
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Violet, blue, and brown butterfly (Suriname)
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Spider (Peru)
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Butterfly (Indonesia)
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Black; gray; white and red spider (Peru)
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Green walking stick (Indonesia)
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Caterpillar with an orange head and yellow-white and black bands (Colombia)
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Red and black caterpillar (China)
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Butterfly [brazil_155103] (Brazil)
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Clear-winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly (Peru)
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Orb spider (Vietnam)
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Mossy stick insect [madagascar_perinet_0310] (Madagascar)
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Blue dragonfly -- borneo_3099 (Malaysia)
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Leaf katydid (Peru)
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Red damselfly (China)
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Army ant column (Costa Rica)
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Black, white, orange, and yellow moth (Indonesia)
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Cicada shell (Costa Rica)
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Walking stick insects mating (Peru)
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Green, black, and yellow grasshopper (Indonesia)
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Neon pink planthopper (Peru)
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Zebra longwing (Heliconius charithonia vazquezae) (0)
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Shield bug (Indonesia)
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Fly in China (China)
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Magenta leaf-hopper [madagascar_5007] (Madagascar)
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Soldier Beetle, family Cantharidae (Costa Rica)
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Purple, yellow, and brown planthopper [kalbar_0669] (Indonesia)
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Stink bug (China)
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White butterfly (Peru)
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Heliconius hecale butterfly (0)
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Multicolored grasshopper -- borneo_6135 (Malaysia)
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Colorful spider on a yellow egg sac (Costa Rica)
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Nest of colony spiders (family: Araneidae) (Peru)
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White moth (Panama)
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Dragonfly [costa_rica_osa_0216] (Costa Rica)
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Frigatebird in the Galapagos (Ecuador)
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Reddish spider -- borneo_4079 (Malaysia)
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Katydid (China)
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Giant hissing cockroach pollinating a purple flower (Madagascar)
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Brown butterfly on the forest floor (Colombia)
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Planthopper (Costa Rica)
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Green, white, and orange planthopper (China)
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Dark brown bug with bright orange spots (Colombia)
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Ants fighting (Indonesia)
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Multi-colored grasshopper with orrange eyes (Madagascar)
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Black wasp on canopy platform (Peru)
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Green mantis (China)
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Stick insect in the New Guinea rainforest (Indonesia)
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Red Malay harlequin butterfly [sabah_tawau_0342] (Malaysia)
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Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0804] (Costa Rica)
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Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0772] (Costa Rica)
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Stick insect on the bathroom floor in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Arachides toras caterpillar [pan01-0857] (Panama)
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Green and red insect [kalbar_1750] (Indonesia)
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Yellow and black cricket (Indonesia)
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Colorful moth in Sumatra [riau_5765] (Indonesia)
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Red and black katydid (Vietnam)
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Grasshopper (China)
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Black, orange, and light blue butterfly, possibly Ithomia pellucida or the "Blue transparent" (Colombia)
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Walking stick insect (Vietnam)
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Striped katydid [kalsel_0021] (Indonesia)
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Brown and yellow insect with a false eye spot (Costa Rica)
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Butterfly [madagascar_3417] (Madagascar)
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Butterfly (0)
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Orange and black fly (Colombia)
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Wasp (Costa Rica)
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Black, blue, and yellow butterfly (Colombia)
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Fist-sized black, lime green, turquoise, and red cicada in Sumatra (Indonesia)
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Damselfly [costa_rica_la_selva_0590] (Costa Rica)
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Butterfly (Peru)
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Forest green centipede with yellow legs and dark red antenna - Parotostigmus rex (Peruvian yellow leg centipede) (Colombia)
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Fresh fish at the Puerto Ayora fish market (Ecuador)
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Mating butterflies (Peru)
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Jewel beetle -- sabah_2719 (Malaysia)
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Orange caterpillars (Indonesia)
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Dark green beetle with red spots (Belize)
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Colorful grasshopper (Colombia)
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Orange and yellow insect with black polkadots (Vietnam)
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Giant Milkweek Locust [madagascar_5790] (Madagascar)
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Green Katydid (Costa Rica)
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Ants on a red-orange flower bud (Colombia)
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Butterfly (Peru)
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Shield bug (Peru)
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Mating pair of beetles with black bodies and orange spots (Malaysia)
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Moth (Peru)
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Giant damselfly (China)
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Pill millipede in Sumatra (Indonesia)
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Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0683] (Madagascar)
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Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_1049] (Costa Rica)
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Heliconius butterly (Belize)
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Close up of a cicada [kalbar_1837] (Indonesia)
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Adelpha iphiclus butterfly on pebbles (Peru)
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Large white and yellow fury caterpillarthat resembles a shitzu (Peru)
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Crab spider (Malaysia)
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Eristaline hover-fly (Eristalinus quinquelineatus), not a tse-tse fly (Kenya)
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Small Postman Butterfly, Heliconius erato (Black, red, and yellow butterfly) (Costa Rica)
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Bright red dragonfly (Malaysia)
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Katydid (Indonesia)
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Black bee (Malaysia)
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Cicada (United States)
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Blue morpho (Morpho menelaus) caterpillar (Panama)
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Spiny black, white, and orange caterpillar (Costa Rica)
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Erotylidae Beetle with black body; white and black back; and turquoise legs (Peru)
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Green skimmer (family Libellulidae, probably genus Erythemis) with alternating green and black abdominal segments - or Great Pondhawk dragonfly (Colombia)
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Female rhinoceros beetle (Indonesia)
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