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#lizard (at Shillong)

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Grey Pansy Junonia atlites #insect

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1. Spiny Orb-Weaver 2. Mirror Spider 3. Eight-Spotted Crab Spider 4. Net-Casting/Ogre-Face Spider 5. Two-Tailed Spider 6. Huntsman Spider 7. Jumping Spider (Cosmophasis sp.) 8. Wide-Jawed Viciria (juveniles) 9. Ant-Mimic Jumping Spider 10. Peacock Jumping Spider

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Algia fasciata fasciata Oriental Branded Yeoman #insect

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shy little warty leaf beetle son, you are loved and cherished !

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Leaf-footed Bug nymph, Spartocerini by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: from Ecuador: www.flickr.com/andreaskay/albums

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This Moth’s weird inflatable butt has gone viral, but these “tentacles” have a real purpose

A video from Indonesia is making the rounds on social media, and it shows a bizarre sight—a moth with long, pulsing tentacles coming out of his backside.

Speculations ran wild—is the moth infected by a parasite that is emerging? Are we looking at some sort of huge, weird penis? Maybe the video is simply CGI. As it turns out, none of those are correct. This moth, called Creatonotos gangis, is inflating his scent glands. 

The glands are called “coremata,” or “scent glands.” 

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Xuthus Swallowtail

Papilio xuthus, the Asian swallowtail, Chinese yellow swallowtail or Xuthus swallowtail, is a yellow-colored, medium to large sized swallowtail butterfly found in northeast Asia, northern Myanmar, southern China, the Korean Peninsula, Japan, Siberia and the Hawaiian Islands. 

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Beautiful adult female, Citheronia laocoon, unfortunately no males so breeding wont be happening.

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Citrus green stink bug #Rhynchocorishumeralis #insect

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Lethe verma #butterfly #insect

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This spectacular new species of katydid (Eulophophyllum kirki) was discovered in 2016 while researchers were looking for tarantulas and snakes in Borneo.

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Bug of the Day

Found a whole bunch of these dogwood sawflies (Macremphytus testaceus) on the dogwoods growing wild in my backyard. Bonus points if you can tell which end is the head ;-).