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Pretty self-explanatory, I think! Most wasps are small, parasitoids, and can't even sting! They're all beautiful in my eyes! The Pompilid in the top left corner can sting, but it's not black and yellow, so it gets a pass.

Wasps FTW!

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thank you scherz et al. for bringing us the frogs Mini ature, Mini mum and of course, the Mini scule

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Experience the Moth.

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Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius

cochlearius) in Costa Rica

by Stephen Powell.

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Delphinium and Nightshade

Idolomantis diabolica, Devil’s Flower Mantids (female left, male right)

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At least one good thing happened today; I got this boy in the mail 🥰 he was very excited to get out of the box and fly around my house immediately

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I’ll have to take better pics later, but here’s my beautiful boy!!!

(Attacus atlas, Atlas Moth)

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Actias luna, Luna Moth

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Actias luna, Luna Moths

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i can be your angle................or yuor devil

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First Rosy Maple Moth of the season 💖💛

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These are what I was most excited to show you all! I found these at my blacklight setup when I was in Florida.

This is a mantidfly! They are not related to mantises at all, and are more closely related to lacewings. Convergent evolution caused them to have the same raptorial forearms that mantises do.

Unlike mantises, these guys go through metamorphosis. What’s more crazy is that their larvae are parasites of spider eggs! They crawl in the egg sac and eat the eggs, then they’ll pupate in the egg sac and emerge as an adult. Very interesting creatures!

The last pic is a close up of the hundreds of eggs one of them laid in the enclosure I put her in.

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Handful of Bess Beetles! Their little squeaks are so cute

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Polka-dot wasp moth (Syntomeida epilais)

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whenenver i save a bug in trouble its kind of like im their mr beast