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Up close with a Phidippus jumping spider (Salticidae). Urbana, Illinois, USA
An Australian Garden Mantis Orthodera ministralis cleans pollen from her foot. Melbourne, Australia
A honey bee worker, close-up. The hairs serve several functions, including insulation, pollen collection, and sensory input.
Magicicada periodical cicada. Allerton Park, Illinois, USA
Cicindela sexguttata - six spotted tiger beetle Urbana, Illinois, USA
Eciton burchellii soldier. The bizarre globular eyes of army ants are a result of the ants' having re-evolved functional lenses from the vestiges of a blind ancestor. Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii soldier. The bizarre globular eyes of army ants are a result of the ants' having re-evolved functional lenses from the vestiges of a blind ancestor. Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii soldier. The bizarre globular eyes of army ants are a result of the ants' having re-evolved functional lenses from the vestiges of a blind ancestor. Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Acromyrmex echinatior Panama; Laboratory colony at the University of Wisconsin at Madison
Eciton burchellii soldier. The bizarre globular eyes of army ants are a result of the ants' having re-evolved functional lenses from the vestiges of a blind ancestor.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii soldier. The bizarre globular eyes of army ants are a result of the ants' having re-evolved functional lenses from the vestiges of a blind ancestor. Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii soldier. The bizarre globular eyes of army ants are a result of the ants' having re-evolved functional lenses from the vestiges of a blind ancestor.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
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