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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Butterfly [brazil_155024]
(Brazil)
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Shield bug
(China)
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Butterfly [brazil_155085]
(Brazil)
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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_5275]
(Costa Rica)
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Ants on a bracht
(Indonesia)
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Colorful cicada [kalbar_1878]
(Indonesia)
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Butterfly -- sabah_3669
(Malaysia)
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Polka-dotted moth [madagascar_ankarana_0164]
(Madagascar)
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Black and yellow longhorn beetle [costa_rica_la_selva_0598]
(Costa Rica)
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Stick insect [panama_1064]
(Panama)
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Shield bug [sabah_tawau_0363]
(Malaysia)
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Sweat bees emerging from a hive
(Indonesia)
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Blue leafhopper [costa_rica_la_selva_1422]
(Costa Rica)
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Great Mormon (Papilio memnon) feeding on a red hibiscus [sumatra_9142]
(Indonesia)
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Ant [sabah_kinabatangan_0429]
(Malaysia)
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Dark green beetle with red spots [belize_8293]
(Belize)
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Fly with bright blue eyes [west-papua_6087]
(Indonesia)
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Orange planthopper [colombia_1637]
(Colombia)
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Praying mantis with green eyes
(Indonesia)
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Yellow caterpillar with black spots [australia_daintree_251]
(Australia)
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Bright red dragonfly -- borneo_3913
(Malaysia)
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Butterfly [madagascar_perinet_0465]
(Madagascar)
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Insects in the Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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Group of caterpillars feeding on a leaf
(Peru)
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Blue, yellow, and orange insect [costa-rica_0909]
(Costa Rica)
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Red assassin bug
(Malaysia)
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Black both with lime green eyes and orange and yellow zigzags
(Colombia)
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Sleeping Caligo sp or Owl Butterfly [costa_rica_5603]
(Costa Rica)
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Red beetle with black spots
(Indonesia)
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Clipper (Parthenos sylvia)
(0)
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Yellow and blue weevil [madagascar_perinet_0141]
(Madagascar)
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Madagascar moth with an orange marking on its back [madagascar_masoala_1019]
(Madagascar)
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Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_1075]
(Costa Rica)
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Red beetle with a black head [Leaf Beetle, family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Hispinae]
(Colombia)
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Butterfly (Great Mormon - Papilio memnon?)
(Indonesia)
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Moth [costa_rica_siquirres_0754]
(Costa Rica)
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Butterfly
(0)
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Insect [costa_rica_la_selva_1502]
(Costa Rica)
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Bright green mantid insect
(Gabon)
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Green mantid
(Gabon)
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Slug in the rain
(Uganda)
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Orb spider
(Gabon)
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Honey bee preparing to land on yellow flower
(Gabon)
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Grass spider
(Gabon)
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Black, yellow, and blue dragonfly (top view)
(Gabon)
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Brown praying mantis
(Gabon)
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Brown katydid on leaf
(Gabon)
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Honey bee preparing to land on yellow flower
(Gabon)
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Black and yellow butterflies gathered on elephant dung
(Uganda)
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Butterfly on dark green leaf
(Uganda)
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Honey bee feeding on yellow flower
(Gabon)
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Butterflies gathered on the edge of a puddle
(Uganda)
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Winged mantid on a lichen covered tree trunk
(Gabon)
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Dark brown to black butterfly with purple, red, and pale yellow markings showing its light brown underwings
(Uganda)
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Beetle with long antenna
(Gabon)
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Bright green grasshopper
(Gabon)
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Black and yellow butterflies gathered on elephant waste
(Uganda)
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Green grasshopper on blade of grass
(Uganda)
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Uganda's beautiful and diverse butterfly fauna in the grill of our Land Rover
(Uganda)
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Red dragonfly
(Gabon)
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Soldier ant
(Gabon)
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Beige mantid
(Gabon)
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Cloud of lake flies in flight
(Uganda)
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Blue and green butterfly
(Gabon)
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Black and yellow butterflies (Belenois creona) gathered on elephant droppings
(Uganda)
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Beige praying mantis in grassy savanna
(Gabon)
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Mushroom-shaped terminte nest
(Gabon)
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Ants defending host tree
(Gabon)
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Dung beetle in Uganda
(Uganda)
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Forest beetle
(Gabon)
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Orange beetle with black spots
(Gabon)
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Ant atop an orange flower
(Gabon)
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Butterfly
(Uganda)
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Black caterpillar with red and yellow bands, resting on a green leaf
(Uganda)
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Praying mantis on underside of a leaf
(Gabon)
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Brown katydid spotted with flashlight at night
(Gabon)
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Roach in a glass
(Gabon)
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Mantid on underside of a leaf
(Gabon)
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Orange skipper butterfly
(Uganda)
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Pale orange butterfly with black and white markings
(Uganda)
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Black and yellow honey bee
(Uganda)
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Beetle with long antenna
(Gabon)
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Black, yellow, and blue dragonfly
(Gabon)
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Insect egg case
(Gabon)
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Green fly
(Gabon)
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Black and white worm on a plant stem
(Uganda)
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Orange skipper butterfly
(Uganda)
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Hundreds of butterflies gathered on elephant droppings
(Uganda)
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Elongated grasshopper
(Gabon)
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Termite nests that have emerged followed savanna burning
(Gabon)
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Black and white butterfly
(Uganda)
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Colorful caterpillars eating rainforest vegetation
(Uganda)
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Line of ants
(Gabon)
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Dung beetles on the forest floor
(Uganda)
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Iridescent flies feasting on animal droppings
(Uganda)
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Orange butterfly landing on a vine leaf
(Uganda)
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Cloud of flying lake flies
(Uganda)
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Dark brown to black butterfly with purple, red, and pale yellow markings
(Uganda)
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Masses of lake flies near Lake Victoria
(Uganda)
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Tiny red beetles with clear insect eggs
(Uganda)
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Brown katydid
(Gabon)
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Pale orange butterfly on a dead leaf
(Uganda)
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Honey bee preparing to land on yellow flower
(Gabon)
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Lakes flies in the Entebbe Botanical gardens
(Uganda)
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Lines of termites moving across forest floor
(Gabon)
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Termites moving across forest floor
(Gabon)
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Black beetle with yellow markings
(Gabon)
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Red-headed caterpillar on small ferns
(Uganda)
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Butterflies gathering on elephant dung
(Uganda)
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Green katydid on a green leaf
(Gabon)
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Waves of lake flies in the air
(Uganda)
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Bright green mantid
(Gabon)
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Soldier ant
(Gabon)
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Black, white, orange, and yellow caterpillars eating rainforest plants
(Uganda)
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Black millipede curled around a blade of grass
(Uganda)
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Orb spider in web
(Gabon)
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White moth on leaf litter
(Gabon)
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Red-headed caterpillar
(Uganda)
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Ant on flower bud
(Gabon)
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Forest roach
(Gabon)
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Light brown mantid
(Gabon)
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Yellow dragonfly resting on a vine's leaf
(Uganda)
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Black, yellow, and blue dragonfly
(Gabon)
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Iridescent flies feasting on animal waste
(Uganda)
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Green fly
(Gabon)
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Dung beetle pushing a ball of dung up a sand bank
(Gabon)
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Uganda's beautiful and diverse butterflies in the grill of our Land Rover
(Uganda)
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Black and white butterfly on a dead flower
(Uganda)
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Thorn spider
(Gabon)
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Ant carrying a flower blossom
(Gabon)
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Ants protecting host tree from damage
(Gabon)
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Black, orange, and red thorn spider
(Gabon)
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Red and black spider
(Gabon)
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Butterflies feeding on minerals in the soil
(Uganda)
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Mushroom-shaped terminte nest in a burned savanna landscape
(Gabon)
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Soldier ant
(Gabon)
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Green caterpillar on a red background
(Uganda)
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Aqua and black butterfly found on our car windshield
(Uganda)
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Ant tree in Gabon
(Gabon)
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Tan grasshopper
(Gabon)
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Brown katydid
(Gabon)
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Red, black, and blue dragonfly
(Gabon)
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Black green and white grasshopper on a leaf
(Uganda)
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Green, tan, and brown grasshopper
(Gabon)
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Forest roach
(Gabon)
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Grasshopper in Gabon
(Gabon)
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Close up on the head of a mantid
(Gabon)
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Lake flies on a leaf
(Uganda)
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Thorn spider
(Gabon)
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Black, green, and yellow dragonfly
(Gabon)
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Temites in the rainforest
(Gabon)
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Termites in forest leaf litter
(Gabon)
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Green katydid with yellow eyes
(Gabon)
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Blue and black wasp on grass
(Uganda)
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