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Staff photo index
Last update: 2017-07-27
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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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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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Pink shield bug (Cambodia)
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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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Cicada between fingers (Peru)
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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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Mossy stick insect [madagascar_perinet_0329] (Madagascar)
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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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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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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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White planthopper with orange eyes (China)
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Chinese ant (China)
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Green katydid (Colombia)
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Tan and orange butterfly feeding on bird droppings (Uganda)
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Violet, blue, and brown butterfly (Suriname)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A bug's life: insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Grasshoppers -- sabah_3314 (Malaysia)
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Moth (Peru)
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Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing [manu-Manu_1023_2426] (Peru)
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Insect [madagascar_masoala_0536] (Madagascar)
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Black and orange banded insect (Suriname)
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Spider eating a bee (0)
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Bright orange-pink planthopper [kalsel_0047] (Indonesia)
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Katydid resembling a leaf [kalbar_1972] (Indonesia)
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Grasshopper (Vietnam)
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Cicada in the Borneo rainforest [kalbar_0898] (Indonesia)
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Red, green, and turquoise damselfly (Indonesia)
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Latern bug (Fulgora lampestris) [sabah_kinabatangan_0373] (Malaysia)
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Rust-colored moth with yellow and red markings and a black fringe (Suriname)
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Pleasing Fungus Beetle, family Erotylidae (Zig zag pattern) (Colombia)
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Yellow-legged wasp (Colombia)
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Small cicada (Panama)
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Tiger beetle [riau_5512] (Indonesia)
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Red grasshawk dragonfly (Indonesia)
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Weevil (Indonesia)
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Butterfly (Peru)
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Glasswinged butterfly (Greta oto) [costa_rica_siquirres_0142] (Costa Rica)
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Katydid -- sabah_2681 (Malaysia)
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Butterfly [colombia_5041] (Colombia)
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Green grasshopper with an orange abdomen [costa_rica_4746a] (Costa Rica)
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Silver-gray millipede in eating leaf Amazon rainforest (Peru)
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Chinese butterfly (China)
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Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_0309] (Costa Rica)
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Green praying mantis (Indonesia)
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Blue morpho with its wings closed (Costa Rica)
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Chinese ant (China)
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Orange moth with black and yellow polkadots (Indonesia)
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Beetle [brazil_154638] (Brazil)
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Insect [costa_rica_la_selva_0302] (Costa Rica)
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Red and black caterpillar (Peru)
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Panacea prola butterfly; wings open (Peru)
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Green shield bug (Madagascar)
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Bee [costa_rica_siquirres_0636] (Costa Rica)
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Electric blue and orange leafhoppers mating (Costa Rica)
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Butterfly with clear wings and false eye-spots (likely Haetera macleannania) (Colombia)
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Stick insect (Peru)
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Tiger beetle [riau_5520] (Indonesia)
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Arawacus butterfly (Peru)
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Black and yellow longhorn beetle (Costa Rica)
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Black, yellow, and blue dragonfly (Gabon)
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Glasshopper [costa_rica_siquirres_1039] (Costa Rica)
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Brown grasshopper -- borneo_6333 (Malaysia)
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Black dragonfly eating an assassin bug (Indonesia)
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Malachite (Siproeta stelenes) (Costa Rica)
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Red-eyed fly (Indonesia)
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Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0825] (Costa Rica)
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Grasshoppers -- sabah_3268 (Malaysia)
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Hyla tree frog in Peru (Peru)
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Praying mantis [costa_rica_osa_0744] (Costa Rica)
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Butterfly (Peru)
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Shield bug (Costa Rica)
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Strange flying insect (Indonesia)
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Insect nymph (Peru)
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Rainbow Bush Locust (Phymateus saxosus) (Madagascar)
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Ants (Indonesia)
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Giraffe weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) [madagascar_perinet_0319] (Madagascar)
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Colorful grasshopper (Costa Rica)
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Click beetle with glowing spots (Elateridae) (Peru)
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0 (Malaysia)
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Weevil [costa_rica_siquirres_0684] (Costa Rica)
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White planthopper with orange eyes (China)
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Cicada [brazil_154577] (Brazil)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0943] (Suriname)
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Stick insect (Vietnam)
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Longhorn beetle (Costa Rica)
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Butterfly on hand (Peru)
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Mating butterflies [aceh_0413] (Indonesia)
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Brown moth with light yellow markings on its wings (Colombia)
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Blue-eyed fly (Indonesia)
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Glass Wing Butterfly (Cithaerias merolina) (Peru)
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Bee burrowing in the sand (Peru)
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Orange and black caterpillar (Peru)
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Blue beetle with a red head (Indonesia)
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Yellow and black butterfly (Peru)
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Yellow, orange, and black damselfly (Indonesia)
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Black caterpillar with off-white stripes and yellow spines (Panama)
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Katydid camouflaged to resemble bird droppings on a fern [sumatra_1352] (Indonesia)
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Cicada exoskeleton (Indonesia)
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Yellow, black and green grasshopper (China)
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Blue and orange net-winged beetle (Lycidae) (Colombia)
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Grasshopper with a green body, blue antennae, turquoise hind legs, red front legs, and a black head (Indonesia)
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Butterfly [colombia_5118] (Colombia)
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Polybothris jewel beetle (Madagascar)
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Heraclides thoas butterfly on muddy bank (Peru)
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Ant in Namibia [namibia_2289] (Namibia)
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White shield bug (Malaysia)
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Shield bug (China)
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Orange and black "Halloween" moth (Madagascar)
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Stick insect (Vietnam)
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Butterfly [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0221] (Madagascar)
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Butterfly (Vietnam)
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Red grasshawk butterfly [aceh_0525] (Indonesia)
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Rhinoceros beetle (Indonesia)
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Magenta dragonfly (Indonesia)
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Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0877] (Costa Rica)
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Butterfly (Malaysia)
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Katydid (Vietnam)
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Damselfly (Indonesia)
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Dark gray and red butterfly (Pierella helvetia incanescens) [cr_3730] (Costa Rica)
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Pink, orange, yellow, violet katydid with spots and green eyes [west-papua_0173] (Indonesia)
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Green stick insect [panama_0964] (Panama)
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Ants on the forest floor [suriname_8778a] (Suriname)
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Blue beetle [kalbar_1439] (Indonesia)
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Rainforest ant (Peru)
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Leaf-cutter ants (Peru)
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Shield bug (Vietnam)
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Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) (Peru)
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Butterfly (Cambodia)
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Rust-colored moth with yellow and red markings and a black fringe [suriname_1254] (Suriname)
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Io Moth (Automeris io) caterpillar [costa_rica_la_selva_0831] (Costa Rica)
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Masoala peninsula beetle (Madagascar)
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Blue orange and black damselfies (China)
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Cithaerias pireta clear-winged butterfly [panama_0912] (Panama)
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Assassin bug (Vietnam)
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Butterfly [colombia_5752] (Colombia)
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Gray grasshopper (Abracris flavolineata) (Colombia)
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Green insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Moth [costa-rica-d_0365] (Costa Rica)
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Green katydid on a white wall (Panama)
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Multicolored katydid [west-papua_0242] (Indonesia)
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Giant moth (Madagascar)
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Insect [costa-rica_0917] (Costa Rica)
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Stick insect (Vietnam)
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Leopard Lacewing (Cethosia cyane) (0)
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Chinese butterfly (China)
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Caligo sp or Owl Butterfly with its wings closed [cr_4127] (Costa Rica)
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Yellow and black leafhopper (Colombia)
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Pink and purple Homopteran, probably a Flatid or a Fulgorid bug, with huge eyes; this is a nymph that has JUST molted (Madagascar)
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Green caterpillar - Rhagastis lambertoni, Sphingidae family (Madagascar)
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Red and green metallic beetle in Bali (Indonesia)
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Brownish-red Long-horned Beetle (family Cerambycidae, subfamily Prioninae) [costa_rica_5654] (Costa Rica)
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Clipper (Parthenos sylvia) (0)
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Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
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Forest beetle (Belize)
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Blue and turquoise beetle from New Guinea (Indonesia)
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Pink translucent butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Green mantis [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0218] (Madagascar)
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