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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Sweat bees emerging out of their nest
(Mexico)
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Butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach
(Malaysia)
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White shield bug [sabah_sepilok_0169]
(Malaysia)
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Yellow and orange beetle (Coptemia celata) [madagascar_0796]
(Madagascar)
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Damselfly [costa_rica_la_selva_1337]
(Costa Rica)
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Unidentified Dragonfly [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0283]
(Madagascar)
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Insect nest emerging from rainforest tree (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Damselfly [costa_rica_la_selva_1398]
(Costa Rica)
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Woman sorting snails
(Vietnam)
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Green unicorn caterpillar
(Indonesia)
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Yellow spider eating a moth [madagascar_2095]
(Madagascar)
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Green katydid with red eyes [west-papua_5787]
(Indonesia)
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Yellow butterflies
(Cambodia)
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Brown katydid [costa_rica_5543]
(Costa Rica)
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Black and yellow weevil [colombia_2538]
(Colombia)
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Hermit crab [madagascar_masoala_0099]
(Madagascar)
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Madagascar Scarab, family Scarabaeidae
(Madagascar)
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Large spider in Costa Rica
(Costa Rica)
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Red, black, and white butterfly in New Guinea
(Indonesia)
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Millipedes
(Indonesia)
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Butterfly [colombia_5364]
(Colombia)
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Yellow and black leafhopper [colombia_3134]
(Colombia)
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Multicolored dragonfly
(Indonesia)
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Pair of beetles mating on a fungus
(Malaysia)
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Orange assassin bug [west-papua_6452]
(Indonesia)
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True bug [colombia_4861]
(Colombia)
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Invertebrate in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Spider eating a bee
(0)
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Giant ant in Laos
(Laos)
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Spectacular blue and green dragonfly
(United States)
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Orange-pink and yellow leafhopper
(Peru)
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Mantid
(Madagascar)
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Pair of beetles mating on a fungal growth
(Malaysia)
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Tan-colored butterfly
(Malaysia)
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Bright green lead beetle
(Colombia)
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Katydid [costa_rica_la_selva_0819]
(Costa Rica)
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Glass Wing Butterfly (Cithaerias merolina)
(Peru)
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Brachydiplax dragonfly in Kalimantan (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Butterfly [aceh_0012]
(Indonesia)
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Sea nettles
(0)
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Black ants
(Thailand)
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Morpho butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Wasps in the rainforest
(Peru)
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Multicolored grasshopper [colombia_1704]
(Colombia)
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Butterfly [aceh_0019]
(Indonesia)
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Shield bug [sabah_tawau_0356]
(Malaysia)
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Blue, green, purple, and red fly [west-papua_5649]
(Indonesia)
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Katydid
(Vietnam)
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Orb spider [cr_4275]
(Costa Rica)
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Black, red, and yellow insect [cr_3962]
(Costa Rica)
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Strange flying insect [west-papua_5389]
(Indonesia)
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Yellow and blue weevil
(Madagascar)
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Wasp
(Indonesia)
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Cithaerias pireta clear-winged butterfly
(Panama)
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Black, blue, and orange butterfly
(Colombia)
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Green leaf-mimicking katydid
(Colombia)
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Orange beetle
(China)
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Red crab on Playa Palmera [colombia_4165]
(Colombia)
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Section of a tractor millipede
(Malaysia)
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Orange and black bug
(Panama)
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Yellow butterfly
(China)
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Sweat bees emerging from a hive
(Indonesia)
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Butterfly [colombia_6160]
(Colombia)
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Black dragonfly eating an assassin bug
(Indonesia)
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Neon green, turquoise, purple, red, and orange grasshopper
(Madagascar)
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Shield bug [madagascar_3751]
(Madagascar)
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Rainforest roach
(Colombia)
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Blue and yellow weevil [sabah_sepilok_0001]
(Malaysia)
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Green katydid [costa_rica_5520]
(Costa Rica)
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Green preying mantis (Java)
(Indonesia)
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Moss-like caterpillar covered with poisonous spines
(Colombia)
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Red and blue planthopper [sabah_tawau_0417]
(Malaysia)
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Giant cockroach (Blaberus giganteus)
(0)
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Sea Nettle Jellyfish
(0)
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Brazilian Lady (Vanessa braziliensis) [wayquecha-andes_0562]
(Peru)
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Mating flies
(Indonesia)
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Yellow butterfly
(China)
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Giant prickly stick insect (Extatosoma tiaratum)
(0)
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Red shield bug [sabah_tawau_0463]
(Malaysia)
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Black pill millipede
(Madagascar)
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Stick insect [madagascar_0774]
(Madagascar)
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Black butterfly with iridescent purple-blue spots on the underwings (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Strange moth [costa-rica-d_0348]
(Costa Rica)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Hammerhead sharks
(Ecuador)
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Butterfly
(Cambodia)
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Katydid
(Peru)
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Neon pink planthopper
(Peru)
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Shield bug
(Peru)
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Planthopper nymph
(Malaysia)
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Multicolored katydid
(Madagascar)
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Passion vine blossom with resident ant species
(Suriname)
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Red and black caterpillar
(China)
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Swallowtail butterfly [madagascar_3601]
(Madagascar)
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Orb spider
(Cambodia)
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Green and brown katydid
(Indonesia)
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Crab [madagascar_masoala_0401]
(Madagascar)
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Owl butterfly
(Peru)
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Yellow-, green-, and orange-spotted butterfly with blue underparts; in Borneo rainforest (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Yellow, brown, and black cricket
(Indonesia)
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Long-legged arthropod
(Malaysia)
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Lantern bug [sabah_sepilok_0147]
(Malaysia)
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Insect
(Madagascar)
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Yellow butterfly
(China)
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Grasshopper with blue antenna [aceh_0593]
(Indonesia)
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Millipede [australia_daintree_093]
(Australia)
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Black beetle with orange spots [riau_0504]
(Indonesia)
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Black katydid with turquoise polkadots -- sabah_3639
(Malaysia)
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Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0658]
(Peru)
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Hairy black caterpillars
(Madagascar)
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Orange, metallic green, and black assassin bug [colombia_0565]
(Colombia)
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Clear-wing butterfly in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
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Gasteracanthinae spider-maybe Madacantha nossibeana (Masoala NP)
(Madagascar)
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Spider
(Belize)
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Katydid
(Peru)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Butterfly
(Peru)
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Neon pink planthopper
(Mexico)
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Blue and orange planthopper
(Panama)
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Red millipede compared with size of hand
(Madagascar)
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Multicolored spider [mcar_0025]
(Madagascar)
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Tiger beetle [aceh_0518]
(Indonesia)
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Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0656]
(Peru)
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Multicolored grasshoppers mating [sumatra_9385]
(Indonesia)
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Firefly, Lighting Beetle, family Lampyridae [costa-rica-d_0014]
(Costa Rica)
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Dark red beetle
(Malaysia)
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Green spider on a white flower [madagascar_perinet_0616]
(Madagascar)
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Multicolored dragonfly
(Indonesia)
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Malaysian Blue Clipper (Parthenos sylvia)
(0)
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Giant purple planaria [aceh_0489]
(Indonesia)
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Spider -- sabah_3651
(Malaysia)
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Shield bug
(Peru)
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Metallic blue and red beetle
(Indonesia)
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Black and red assassin bug -- sabah_3289
(Malaysia)
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Grasshopper
(Indonesia)
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Insect nymph
(Peru)
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Magenta and yellow spider on a yellow egg sac [costa_rica_la_selva_0427]
(Costa Rica)
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Rhinoceros beetle [riau_0221]
(Indonesia)
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Colorful tiger beetle [sumatra_1291]
(Indonesia)
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Red soldier ant [colombia_3666]
(Colombia)
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Drone-fly (Eristalinus quinquelineatus)
(Kenya)
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Shield bug
(China)
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Snail
(Vietnam)
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Blue and orange insect [sumatra_1092]
(Indonesia)
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Damselfly
(Indonesia)
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Cicada trapped in a leaf
(Malaysia)
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Tiny red-and-black earwigs
(Laos)
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Thorn spider
(Australia)
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Giant damselfly [suriname_2185]
(Suriname)
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Pink, orange, yellow, violet katydid with spots and green eyes [west-papua_0174]
(Indonesia)
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Multicolored katydid [west-papua_0234]
(Indonesia)
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Madagascar Fire Millipede (Aphistogoniulus sp) [madagascar_perinet_0376]
(Madagascar)
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Black and yellow grasshopper
(Indonesia)
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Red-eyed fly [sumatra_1311]
(Indonesia)
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Orange, white, and black clear-winged butterfly (Greta oto) in the Peruvian Amazon
(Peru)
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Black and neon green leafhopper
(Indonesia)
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Giant black ant
(Panama)
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Small reddish insect which appears to be doing something with white sticky material on the stem of a leaf
(Malaysia)
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Shield bug
(Peru)
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Fly [madagascar_3611]
(Madagascar)
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Insect [madagascar_perinet_0184]
(Madagascar)
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Cricket [madagascar_perinet_0134]
(Madagascar)
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Green insect with yellow spots
(Costa Rica)
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Moth
(Peru)
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Blue and black insect [suriname_2237]
(Suriname)
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Red-eyed fly [sumatra_1307]
(Indonesia)
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Land crab (Nosy Mangabe)
(Madagascar)
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Butterfly (Aterica rabena) [mcar_0020]
(Madagascar)
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Juvenile Malagasy Emerald Green Pill Millipede (Sphaerotheriida)
(Madagascar)
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Large red millipede
(Malaysia)
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Hot pink planthopper
(Mexico)
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Harvestman
(China)
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Mating black, yellow, orange, and red beetles
(United States)
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Black beetle with orange spots [riau_0512]
(Indonesia)
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Blue sponge and a damselfish
(Belize)
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Sri Lankan snail
(Sri Lanka)
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Molting katydid
(Belize)
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Mantis [madagascar_masoala_0507]
(Madagascar)
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Millipede
(China)
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Female Lexias dirtea montana butterfly
(Indonesia)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Grasshopper
(Vietnam)
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Jewel beetle -- sabah_2726
(Malaysia)
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Green dragonfly [kalsel_0001]
(Indonesia)
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Red-eyed katydid
(Costa Rica)
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White insect with a red mite
(Madagascar)
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Butterfly [colombia_5161]
(Colombia)
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Butterfly [colombia_3879]
(Colombia)
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88 Butterfly (Diaethria clymena)
(Peru)
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Turquoise damselfly
(Panama)
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Chinese ant
(China)
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Katydid -- sabah_3615
(Malaysia)
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Butterfly [aceh_0021]
(Indonesia)
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Red millipede
(Indonesia)
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Common bluebottle butterflies (Graphium sarpedon) feeding on minerals [Turquoise and black butterflies]
(Indonesia)
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Green katydid in hiding posture [kalbar_0407]
(Indonesia)
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Leaf-cutter ants carrying leaves, with a tiny ant riding the leaves
(Panama)
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Brazilian Lady (Vanessa braziliensis) [wayquecha-andes_0555]
(Peru)
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Millipedes
(Indonesia)
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Orange, black, and yellow moth
(Suriname)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Shield bug [madagascar_masoala_0521]
(Madagascar)
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Red mite with yellow spots [australia_fnq_1036]
(Australia)
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Bees pollinating a pink and yellow flower [suriname_0333]
(Suriname)
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Large black bumble bee preparing to land on a morning glory flower (Java)
(Indonesia)
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Wasp
(Peru)
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Indigo blue beetle [kalbar_0086]
(Indonesia)
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Mantid
(Panama)
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Katydid with a turquoise face
(Panama)
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Orange, turquoise, black, and white insects mating
(Indonesia)
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Giant green katydid [costa-rica_0897]
(Costa Rica)
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Leech
(Malaysia)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Manta rays
(Ecuador)
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Cicada [aceh_0126]
(Indonesia)
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Orange moth
(China)
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Katydid nymph
(Peru)
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Moth
(Peru)
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Green stick insect [costa_rica_5812a]
(Costa Rica)
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Ants feeding on bird droppings [kalbar_0172]
(Indonesia)
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Red millipeded with red feet [madagascar_3838]
(Madagascar)
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Polybothris Jewel beetle (family Buprestidae) [madagascar_5350]
(Madagascar)
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Wasps clustered on a leaf [suriname_0249]
(Suriname)
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Fan coral
(Belize)
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Red and black katydid
(Vietnam)
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Black and yellow weevil [colombia_2540]
(Colombia)
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Cricket -- sabah_3641
(Malaysia)
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Mottled cricket
(Suriname)
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Butterfly in Aceh [aceh_0206]
(Indonesia)
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Tiger beetle [riau_5524]
(Indonesia)
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Shield bug
(China)
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Pink, red, and black sea star
(Indonesia)
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Blue Postman butterfly (Heliconius sp)
(Colombia)
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Orange and red butterfly with blue and black spots [kalbar_2113]
(Indonesia)
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Blue and black butterfly in Borneo; wings closed (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Yellow-headed Soldier Fly, family Stratiomyidae (a true fly that resembles a bee)
(Colombia)
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Butterfly
(Vietnam)
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Black bumble bee
(China)
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Katydids
(Vietnam)
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Moth
(Panama)
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True bug [colombia_4869]
(Colombia)
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Camouflaged katydid
(Peru)
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Madagascar moth with an orange marking on its back [madagascar_masoala_1015]
(Madagascar)
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Katydid
(Peru)
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American Painted Lady or Postman butterfly (Heliconius melpomene)
(0)
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Great blue heron
(Ecuador)
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Transparent slug on Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
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Raspberry grasshawk
(Indonesia)
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Pair of Heliconia caterpillar (note the tiny hatchling in the upper left)
(Panama)
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Red crab on Playa Palmera [colombia_4236]
(Colombia)
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Crematogaster ant trail going up the trunk of a canopy tree
(Madagascar)
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Rainbow grasshopper
(Indonesia)
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Yellow and black beetle
(Peru)
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Green pill millipede on tree trunk
(Madagascar)
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Grasshopper [panama_0833]
(Panama)
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Yellow caterpillar with black spots [australia_daintree_248]
(Australia)
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Giant katydid
(Vietnam)
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Chinese butterfly
(China)
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Hot pink planthopper
(Mexico)
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Grasshopper-like insect with silver eyes -- borneo_4127
(Malaysia)
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Leaf-footed bug nymph
(Colombia)
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Elongated blue and orange insect -- borneo_3353
(Malaysia)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Unknown moth [costa_rica_4456]
(Costa Rica)
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Neon pink leafhopper
(Madagascar)
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Great Mormon (Papilio memnon) feeding on a red hibiscus [sumatra_9136]
(Indonesia)
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White planthopper with orange eyes
(China)
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Common Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus)
(0)
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Giant damselfly
(China)
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Spiny crab spider (Gasteracantha sp. Morelli?)
(Madagascar)
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Black butterfly with blue-purple markings on its wings (Sulawesi - Celebes) -- sulawesi7817
(Indonesia)
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Shield bug
(Peru)
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Colorful moth in Sumatra [riau_5762]
(Indonesia)
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Butterfly [madagascar_3574]
(Madagascar)
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Butterfly [riau_5531]
(Indonesia)
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Blue starfish
(Malaysia)
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Giant cockroach in Madagascar [madagascar_masoala_0970]
(Madagascar)
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Orange, metallic green, and black assassin bug [colombia_0561]
(Colombia)
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Madagascar Fire Millipede (Aphistogoniulus sp) [madagascar_perinet_0373]
(Madagascar)
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Iridescent turquoise and black butterfly in hand (Sulawesi - Celebes) -- sulawesi6482
(Indonesia)
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Fly
(Malaysia)
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Spider [suriname_0391a]
(Suriname)
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Queen (Danaus gilippus) butterfly feeding on a flower
(Costa Rica)
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Stick insect
(Peru)
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Chocolate chip starfish
(Malaysia)
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Orb spider
(China)
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Orange and blue planthopper
(Madagascar)
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Malagasy flatid bug (Phromnia rosea) in its nymph stage [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0302]
(Madagascar)
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White planthopper with orange eyes
(China)
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Chinese butterfly
(China)
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Black, white, orange, and yellow moth [west-papua_5715]
(Indonesia)
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Bullet ant (Paraponera clavata)
(Peru)
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Weevil in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red-eyed katydid [costa_rica_5633]
(Costa Rica)
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Mandibles of a stag beetle
(Malaysia)
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Blue, green, purple, and red fly [west-papua_5655]
(Indonesia)
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Flamboyant Flower Beetle (Eudicella gralli)
(0)
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Blue leafhopper [costa_rica_la_selva_0415]
(Costa Rica)
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Green shield bug
(Mexico)
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Giant brown cicada
(Malaysia)
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