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A Greta oto glass-winged butterfly uses its straw-like proboscis to drink nectar. Green Hills Butterfly Ranch, Belize
A close-up view of a Caligo memnon owl butterfly hindwing reveals the scales that create this tropical insect's distinct eyespots. Green Hills Butterfly Ranch, Cayo District, Belize
Detail of a moth's wing. Kibale Forest, Uganda
Morpho peleides, the common morpho, is perhaps the most widely-recognized insect in the Neotropics. Green Hills Butterfly Ranch, Cayo District, Belize
In a remnant of the vanishing Atlantic Coastal Rainforest, an inchworm (Geometridae) moves along a leaf. Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Danaus plexippus - monarch butterfly taking nectar from a fall-blooming aster. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Danaus plexippus - monarch butterfly taking nectar from a fall-blooming aster. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Papilio polyxenes - eastern black swallowtail - caterpillar with defensive osmeterium everted. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Hyalophora cecropia, close-up of hind wing. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Danaus plexippus - monarch butterfly taking nectar from a fall-blooming aster.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Danaus plexippus - monarch butterfly taking nectar from a fall-blooming aster. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Danaus plexippus - monarch butterfly taking nectar from a fall-blooming aster.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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