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“ High Tatras “ // Karol Nienartowicz

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Long-armed jumping spiders in the genus Copocrossa, Salticidae

Female is lighter-colored; photo 5 shows female in nest with male beside it. Found in Southeast Asia and Australia.

Photos 1-5 by lawrencehylton, 6-7 by kitlaw, 8-9 by tommyhui, and photo 10 (for scale) by jenny_w

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Can he paint with all the colors of the wind (with his ass)?

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A tad late, but here's a motivational micro-moth for today. May we all be appreciated as much as I appreciate this moth's beautiful tuftiness. Which is a lot. 💖🦋

Image is by Patrick Clement on Flickr

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horned darkling beetle (Tauroceras sp.)

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Chrysobothris is a huge genus of flatheaded borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) that's often a huge pain in the ass to ID to species but i love their little colorful 0w0 faces

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a couple colorful tenebrionids from Nicaragua

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hello what do you think of the lophocampa roseata moth(i believe it's called)

The rosy aemilia moth! Very pretty. Let's admire one:

Photo by loulubean

Unfortunately, they are endangered, with fewer than 1000 thought to be left in the wild.

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Beyer's Scarab (Chrysina beyeri) from Arizona

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Good morning, pls enjoy this jersey tiger moth and all its fancy wings. May we always have moths like this in the world 🦋💖

This species feeds on many common herbaceous plants that some ppl call weeds. That includes brambles, plantains, and nettles (which feed so many different moths/butterflies/beetles/etc etc. Always worth keeping some nettles!)

Bugs; perpetually the best reason not to overdo it with the weeding.