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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Butterfly [brazil_155110]
(Brazil)
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Green leaf-like katydid [kalbar_0089]
(Indonesia)
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Brown leaf katydid
(Colombia)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0967a]
(Suriname)
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Black and red assassin bug -- sabah_3288
(Malaysia)
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Grasshopper
(Indonesia)
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Red damselfly
(China)
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Blue leafhopper [costa_rica_la_selva_0409]
(Costa Rica)
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Bright orange-pink planthopper [kalsel_0050]
(Indonesia)
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Katydid
(Peru)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Latern bug (Fulgora lampestris) [sabah_kinabatangan_0380]
(Malaysia)
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Black beetle with orange spots [riau_0508]
(Indonesia)
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Close-up on a leaf grasshopper
(Colombia)
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Eupholus schoenherri weevil
(Indonesia)
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Planthopper
(Indonesia)
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Sticks insect
(Vietnam)
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Frigatebird displaying in the Galapagos
(Ecuador)
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Green and brown cicada
(Malaysia)
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Blue morpho butterfly [costa_rica_la_selva_0356]
(Costa Rica)
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Strange palm leaf
(Belize)
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Brazilian Lady (Vanessa braziliensis)
(Peru)
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Gal‡pagos Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator)
(Ecuador)
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Red katydid with a green head and black antennae
(Indonesia)
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Red; yellow; and green insect
(Peru)
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Yellow, black, and brown katydid
(Indonesia)
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Shield bug [madagascar_masoala_0508]
(Madagascar)
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Multicolored katydid [west-papua_0212]
(Indonesia)
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Bug
(Malaysia)
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Camouflaged moth in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black, purple, turquoise, red and orange leafhopper [kalbar_0115]
(Indonesia)
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Orange beetle with black polkadots
(Malaysia)
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Insect [costa_rica_la_selva_1723]
(Costa Rica)
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Brown weevil -- borneo_4035
(Malaysia)
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Damselfly
(Indonesia)
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Red insect with black legs
(Panama)
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Leaf katydid
(Peru)
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Firefly, Lighting Beetle, family Lampyridae
(Costa Rica)
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Shield bug
(Malaysia)
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Red and black insect in China
(China)
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Blue and orange insect
(Indonesia)
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Brown Xyleus sp. (possiby X. discoideus) grasshopper [br_co-0232]
(Colombia)
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Shield bug
(Peru)
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Multicolored grasshopper
(Colombia)
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Camouflaged caterpillar [madagascar_perinet_0625]
(Madagascar)
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Ants
(Australia)
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Katydid
(Vietnam)
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Elephant weevil [aceh_0464]
(Indonesia)
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Round black fury caterpillar
(Peru)
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Colorful katydid
(Peru)
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Butterfly [brazil_155111]
(Brazil)
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Black Leaf-footed Bug, family Coreidae (unknown)
(Peru)
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Ants [australia_road_to_daintree_104]
(Australia)
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Turquoise blue katydid larva
(Indonesia)
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Caterpillar eating a leaf
(China)
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Light orange caterpillar
(Colombia)
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Io Moth (Automeris io) caterpillar
(Costa Rica)
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Orange moth
(China)
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Beetle
(Peru)
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Katydid
(Peru)
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Leafhopper
(Peru)
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Shield bug
(Vietnam)
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Bright green caterpillar displaying its toxic spines in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)
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Black and yellow grasshopper
(Malaysia)
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Katydid
(Malaysia)
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Black and orange beetle
(Colombia)
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Insect [madagascar_masoala_0771]
(Madagascar)
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Black, turquoise, yellow, orange, brown, and pink grasshopper [west-papua_6446]
(Indonesia)
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Multi-colored grasshoppers mating
(Peru)
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Mossy stick insect [madagascar_perinet_0334]
(Madagascar)
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Blue morpho butterfly [costa_rica_la_selva_0343]
(Costa Rica)
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White butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Schoenherr's blue weevil (Eupholus schoenherri - Curculionidae family), a spectacular blue and turquoise beetle from New Guinea [west-papua_0341]
(Indonesia)
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Leaf katydid
(Peru)
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Hamadryas butterfly [colombia_6023]
(Colombia)
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Green grasshopper
(Indonesia)
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Orange-eyed cicada
(Vietnam)
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Orange and black leafhopper
(Madagascar)
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Ants fighting
(Indonesia)
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Mass of caterpillars
(Peru)
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Iridescent blue butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) [madagascar_1239]
(Madagascar)
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Katydid [madagascar_masoala_0920]
(Madagascar)
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Blue morpho Butterfly
(Peru)
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Red-eyed green katydid
(Panama)
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Mating stick insects
(Malaysia)
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Bee [costa_rica_siquirres_0640]
(Costa Rica)
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Shield bug
(Peru)
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Insect
(Malaysia)
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Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_1037]
(Costa Rica)
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Multicolored grasshopper
(Vietnam)
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Stick insect
(Vietnam)
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Blushing Phantom butterfly (Cithaerias pireta)
(Panama)
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Butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Chinese butterfly
(China)
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Giant red-eyed green katydid
(Costa Rica)
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Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs
(Peru)
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Small copper colored spider in Gabon
(Gabon)
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Butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Red and black insect
(Peru)
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Glow worm
(China)
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Turquoise and orange planthopper
(Panama)
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Gal‡pagos Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator)
(Ecuador)
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Red-eyed fly [sumatra_1310]
(Indonesia)
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Red and black caterpillar
(China)
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Moth on the underside of a leaf caught by the sun [costa-rica_0966]
(Costa Rica)
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Large grasshopper in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Orange and black Assassin Bug, family Reduviidae
(Colombia)
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Butterfly
(Belize)
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Fly [riau_0491]
(Indonesia)
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Wasp
(Madagascar)
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Butterfly [brazil_155113]
(Brazil)
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Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs
(Peru)
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Orange assassin bug
(Indonesia)
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Grasshoppers -- sabah_3300
(Malaysia)
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Red-bodied Orthetrum chrysis dragonfly in Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Cicada [aceh_0135]
(Indonesia)
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Ants on a bracht
(Indonesia)
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A praying mantis near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Mating grasshoppers
(Malaysia)
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Ailanthus Webworm Moth (Atteva punctella) [Lime green and orange polka dot insect]
(Costa Rica)
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Wood-like praying mantis [kalbar_1715]
(Indonesia)
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Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)
(Peru)
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Butterfly [colombia_5437]
(Colombia)
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Black and yellow grasshopper
(Indonesia)
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Tail-less whip scorpion (Amblypygid sp)
(Peru)
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Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0662]
(Peru)
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Orange butterfly
(Vietnam)
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Transparent butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia. This
(Colombia)
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Tortoise beetle
(Costa Rica)
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Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)
(Peru)
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Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_1070]
(Costa Rica)
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Leaf katydid
(Vietnam)
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Biblis hyperia butterfly; brown to black with red on its wings
(Peru)
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Grasshopper
(Panama)
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Neon pink planthopper
(Mexico)
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Bee [costa_rica_siquirres_0628]
(Costa Rica)
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Brown grasshopper
(Colombia)
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Orange planthopper
(Vietnam)
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Green grasshopper with yellow and black bands; and red; yellow; orange; and black striped legs
(Peru)
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Cicada [aceh_0128]
(Indonesia)
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Chinese butterfly
(China)
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Red grasshawk
(Indonesia)
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Giant katydid
(Vietnam)
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Stick insect
(Malaysia)
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Strange moth
(Costa Rica)
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Giant damselfly
(China)
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Owl butterfly
(Peru)
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Black and red assassin bug
(Malaysia)
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Orange and brown butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Shield bug [madagascar_masoala_0520]
(Madagascar)
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Black dragonfly eating an assassin bug
(Indonesia)
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Grasshopper with a white stripe
(Indonesia)
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Large black Bess Beetle, Betsy Beetle, Patent Leather Beetle, (family Passalidae)
(Peru)
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Stick insect
(Vietnam)
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Praying mantis [cr_4008]
(Costa Rica)
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Insect [suriname_1481]
(Suriname)
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Translucent green katydid
(Costa Rica)
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Grasshopper eating a leaf
(Colombia)
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Butterfly
(Cambodia)
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Blue butterfly (Satyr species)
(Peru)
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Arizona butterfly
(United States)
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Green grasshopper
(Indonesia)
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Butterfly [colombia_3880]
(Colombia)
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Blue and orange butterfly with cryptic underwing coloration
(Malaysia)
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Green cicada
(Costa Rica)
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Eupholus schoenherri weevil, a blue-green-turquoise beetle from New Guina
(Indonesia)
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Green, brown, and black Pentatomidae Stink Bug
(Peru)
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Orange praying mantis with green eyes
(Indonesia)
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Electric red dragonfly
(Indonesia)
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Cicada exoskeleton [kalbar_2075]
(Indonesia)
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Stink bug
(China)
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Apiomerus vexillarius Assassin Bug (family Reduviidae, Order HEMIPTERA) with red and yellow wings
(Costa Rica)
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Heliconius melpomene butterflies mating
(0)
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Weevil [costa_rica_siquirres_0760]
(Costa Rica)
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Brown grasshopper
(Malaysia)
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Walking stick with green and brown segments
(Costa Rica)
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Multi-colored butterfly on a beach (unknown species)
(Peru)
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Katydid
(China)
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Cicada emerging from from its larval stage [java_0662]
(Indonesia)
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Black beetle with orange spots
(Indonesia)
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Black green and white grasshopper in Uganda
(Uganda)
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Orange planthopper [madagascar_maroantsetra_0138]
(Madagascar)
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Grasshopper
(Peru)
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Orange, metallic green, and black assassin bug
(Colombia)
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Orange bug on a flower
(China)
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Red and black bugs [madagascar_3728]
(Madagascar)
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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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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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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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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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Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0902]
(Madagascar)
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Grasshopper
(Peru)
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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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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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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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Striped leafhopper (green, yellow, blue and black)
(Peru)
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Red and blue planthopper
(Malaysia)
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Black and turquoise dragonfly with turquoise eyes
(Gabon)
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Orange butterfly [riau_1520]
(Indonesia)
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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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Blue morpho butterfly
(0)
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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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Zanna nobilis
(Indonesia)
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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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0
(Malaysia)
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Spiny caterpillar
(Costa Rica)
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Orange and black insect
(China)
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