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Paper Wasp - Polistes Carolina (Linnaeus). by ACreepingMalaise on Flickr.
Honey bee drinking by Robert H Saunders on Flickr.
The leaf beetle (Stilodes sedecimmaculata) is found only in the Guyana Shield, a geological formation in South America. The beetles store toxic chemicals from the plants they eat in their bodies, and advertise this toxicity with bright colours to warn off predators. This week, it was announced that 46 new species had been found in neighbouring Suriname
Photograph: Trond Larsen/Conservation International
A butterfly on a flower petal at a park in Hyderabad, India
Photograph: Mahesh Kumar A/AP
(Source: Guardian)
Peacock katydid from Ghana
by Piotr Naskrecki
Symmetry by Oliver C Wright on Flickr.
~Holding On Tight~ by Eddie The Bugman (Springtail Fever) on Flickr.
Spider in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
by Heinrich van den Berg
Frozen Planet in Numbers - BBC Wildlife Magazine, Nov ‘11
Four-spotted chaser © Ross Hoddinott/2020VISION
The Amazon rain forest is home to many large beetles, but none of them compares in length to the titan beetle, Titanus giganteus. This gargantuan insect has mandibles that can easily snap a pencil in half, and reportedly they can rip into human flesh, too.
10 of the largest insects in the world
(via earthhour)
SPLASHING
Photo and caption by shikhei goh
Hello World
Photo and caption by Cuneyt Ozdas
