タカネトンボ 金属的な質感が最高にいい

Nature research paper: Recurrent evolution and selection shape structural diversity at the amylase locus go.nature.com/3XvzgLM

The disarticulated exoskeleton of a Cerambycidae - Macrodotia cervicornis aka the sabertooth longhorn beetle Gorgeous way of display beetles - highlighting how they would be on flight (just slightly larger than life for emphasis) #MuseumNerdsAbroad Muséum de Toulouse Jack Ashby

カマキリさいかわオリンピック 女子シングル 日本代表 ヒナカマキリ

Who likes a girl with big thighs?

Layer caked

ぱっと見細長いだけの普通のカマキリだが、威嚇姿勢になると印象が一変。 前翅の裏側にある青緑色の模様が美しすぎて一瞬で虜になる。

i think about this a lot

Overlord

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Sharing a shot taken from my mobile. A really stunningly beautiful lantern bug, Pyrops gunjii.

Peru🇵🇪

#Guatemala2023Sep

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The immune response

Oh bug off!