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Computer wiring tunnel inside an abandoned coal power plant.

Photo by Bryan Buckley

Bioregional Quiz

this stunning bird is a red-tailed hawk with a genetic mutation called leucism that causes a reduction in pigments.

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here's my cat for your dash btw. if you even care

Bilateral gynandromorph carpenter bee [x]

This is a swallowtail moth. They have a very short season but if I'm lucky, in summer a small number of them drop by. What a joy. Pls enjoy this moth because the world feels better knowing they exist 💖🦋

Career Suicide

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Do you have a favorite threat display pose from a bug? I know its bad if the animal is stressed but also so many mantis ones are just so pretty and silly (up go the arms!), it makes me wonder what other bugs have got goin on

I do love mantid threat displays! My favorite species (Idolomantis diabolica) has a beautiful threat display:

Ahhh I’m scared! Photo by also_sprach_susscrofa

But there are a lot that are super fun, especially the ones with false eyes on the wings. The katydid Pterochroza ocellata comes to mind:

Neat :) Photo by paulcools

Honorable mention to the ilia underwing moth caterpillar who, when threatened, flips onto its back to reveal a startlingly purple/pink belly!

Very “don’t eat me.” Photo by hannahwojo

Photographer Levon Biss Illuminates the Strange, Otherworldly Chrysalises of Butterfly Pupae

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