A  mature female Chinese mantis, Tenodera sinensis, grooming.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
A herd of lichen-feeding bark lice graze their way across a tree trunk.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Cerastipsocus bark louse.

Los Reartes, Córdoba, Argentina
Umbonia thorn bug (Hempitera: Cicadellidae: Membracinae).

Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia
Phyllocrania paradoxa, the ghost mantis, is an African insect that has become common in the pet trade.
Arthropterus Ant-Nest Beetle (Carabidae: Paussinae)

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Podomyrma adelaidae

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
A young leaf-footed bug (Coreidae).

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Prosopocoilus sp. (Lucanidae)

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
A herd of lichen-feeding bark lice graze their way across a tree trunk.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
A herd of lichen-feeding bark lice graze their way across a tree trunk.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
A herd of lichen-feeding bark lice graze their way across a tree trunk.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
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