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although drab in its later life stages, the white marked tussock caterpillar is a vibrantly colored and decorated species. native to the eastern united states, the hairs adorning its back cause severe skin irritation when handled.
I always thought that mosquitos drank from thier probiscus mouths, but that tail looks pretty sharp. I also thought they stored the blood in their tails, but those two orbs on the sides look like they'd store up too. I think cartoons have been lying to me...
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Czech Canada natural park / PřP Česká Kanada, Czech Republic
Banded Treebrown (Lethe confusa, Satyrinae)
My mother instilled in me the importance of never leaving home without a handkerchief and wearing clean underwear - a notion that still persists to this day. Butterfly mothers insist their offspring never leave home without their eyespots.
Many Lepidoptera, and notably the Satyrinae butterfly subfamily possess eyespot patterns on their wings. See comments for a complete wing image of the Banded Treebrown....
These may be large conspicuous eyespots that are concealed at rest and only exposed when the insect is disturbed by a potential predator. The sudden appearance of a "pair of eyes" frightens or confuses the attacking predator so that a prey has an opportunity to flee.
But eyespots on the undersides of the wings, usually towards the margins of the wings and visible continuously in butterflies at rest, are assumed (yet debatably proven) to have a different function in avoiding predation by misdirecting the attacks of predators. Eyespots can draw the attention of a predator towards themselves: instead of attempting to strike at the body of a prey, the predator directs its capture attempts to the marginal eyespots.
In this scenario, when a predator grabs a butterfly by its wings, it may manage to break free with its body intact, albeit having lost part of its wing tissue.
This individual, however, has practically used up any of it's bonus lives in one foul swoop, but on this occasion, lives to fly another day.
Pu'er, Yunnan, China
Small sawfly on my finger. this was a rescue from a pond - thought it was a small bee but I couldn't really put it back when I realised it was a sawfly
Pitfall-style insect interceptors can be used to monitor for bed bugs. However, monitors can pick up other arthropods as well.
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Insect and flower. I shot this series with Olympus TOUGH TG-5 by using (normal) macro feature. In this case I could not use extended focus because insect was moving way too fast and it was quite challange to get some photos even with normal macro. I shot over 200 photos to get these few. However with compact macro (with small sensor size) this is somewhat easier than with full frame sensor DSLR and macro lens. Hausjärvi, Finland. 28.8.2017
Orchidaceae: Thick Lip Spider Orchid
near Kimba,
Eyre Peninsula,
South Australia.
We (my friend from Kimba did) found this orchid today down a ditch on the side of the road. It seems to be quite variable in its markings, but the closest I can find is the A. cardiochila which is stated to be widespread across Eyre Peninsula and elsewhere in SA. There was quite a colony of them.