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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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