Steel Blue Ladybug
Bugs Are Truly Spectacular And Here Are Pics To Prove That
Photographer: Electronic Chimera
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“Paint me like one of your French ground beetles”
(Variegated June Beetle)
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The horns on this cape buffalo skull have been colonized by the horn moth (Ceratophaga vastella), a relative of the clothes moth. The caterpillars are able to digest the keratin in old horns, and the protuberances you see are cases or towers the caterpillars build using their own feces, as protection from predators.
Masai Mara, Kenya, July 2023.
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A male orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) backlit by the afternoon sun. Only males have the orange tip on the upper forewing.
Photograph: Sarah Perkins/Royal Entomological Society
Insect Week Photography Awards
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Cabbage white butterfly enjoying some lavender in my backyard 💜
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