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cocoroachchanel:

Dichronorrhina derbyana, 2001, Joianne Bittle
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beardbriarandrose:

KESSEL, Jan van, I
(b. 1626, Antwerpen, d. 1679, Antwerpen)
InsectsOil on copper, 12 x 15 cmFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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firepaw:


 Mustafa Ozturk Photographer (via PoD #36: Hylea arborea Coccinellidae | Smashing Picture) :)
658 ♥
nelsoncarpenter:

madaeli26:  Slapende libellen (by look to see)
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(via Thyme in the Garden / Damselfly can’t hide. (Photo by Tony Flashman.) on imgfave)
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earth-song:

photo by mehmet karaca
722 ♥
Lantern fly - fulgorid (by thebutterflyguy)
12 ♥
sugarmeows:

“Dragonfly” (etching) from: Diptera: A Book of Flies & Other Insects (1983) – Leonard Baskin (1922–2000)
500 ♥
vmburkhardt:

vmburkhardt
(via Biophilia)
The Katydid by Steve Passlow
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acuriosityofmine:

Natural Cabinet of Curiosities 1734
120 ♥
ofpaperandponies:

biomedicalephemera:

From a late 19th century promotional booklet by Chase & Sanborn, importers of tea and coffee. 

Or perhaps I don’t have any Monarchs yet…
“Banded Red Butterfly” is an old common name of the Monarch Butterfly. It was also used for the Viceroy butterfly, but they have that one additional stripe on the bottom wings - what we have here is a Viceroy.
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