After a couple years of hard work, we are proud to share our 'Frogs of Darwin' & 'Invertebrates of Darwin' posters are ready! 🐸🪲🦋.Just in time for the beginning of the wet season, grab these A2 posters to learn more about the incredible creatures!🐜✨.

WHAT A BUTTERFLY! 🤯❤️🖤.One of the most striking insects in the world, the amazing Blood Red Skipper is found in the Amazon rainforest! 🌳. The males are this bold red & black colour whilst females adorn a similar pattern but with most of the wings shining white! 😮 .WOWWW! 😍🦋

UFO LEAF MANTIS!? 🤯💚🛸.How CRAZY is this Choeradodis stalli boy from the Amazon!! 🌳.Looking EXACTLY like a leaf, he can stay hidden from predators whilst also catching any unsuspecting insect prey! 🦗👀.An absolute honor to run into this spectacular critter!!🤩

We won't neglect you buddy! 🥹🦋.One of the most beautiful butterflies here at Manu Biological Station is the Neglected Eighty-eight, that is a little ray of sunshine every time you see it!☀️. This group of butterflies is named 88 because of the numeric pattern on its wings! 8️⃣8️⃣

Just really sad how all my effort is for very little now on Facebook as AI pages use AI photos ripping off insect photographers and dominate the newsfeed. Very disappointing that Meta allows this shit to continue 😡😡😡

RT @nvolpewild: Welcome to the 50th butterfly species we've photographed for our guide on Insects of the Amazon! 🌳🦋.The spectacular Erichth….

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Welcome to the 50th butterfly species we've photographed for our guide on Insects of the Amazon! 🌳🦋.The spectacular Erichthodes antonina! Not too much is known on this species, but i LOVE the way it arcs its wings when at rest, almost like a leaf! 🍂

I am not sure if this mimicry relationship has been recorded before or not, but it seems a good match to me! 🤝.

Whilst already having a painful sting, this Cuckoo Bee not only looks like the Wasp but acts like it too, raising its wings & walking erratically like the wasp!😏.Müllerian mimicry is when two harmful animals mimic each other as a shared warning signal for predator avoidance!🐦❌.

It’s Mimicking Monday!! 🐝.An AWESOME case of Müllerian mimicry is this Wasp & Bee from the Amazon! 🌳.Scolid Wasp females search for scarab beetle larvae underground to parasitise and have a very painful sting, so this Cuckoo Bee thought it was a good idea to mimic it!🧡💙 (1/3)

AMAZONIAN BITING BEES! 🐝🫦. These beautiful orange stingless bees (Scaptotrigona sp.) have one of the most stunning nests in the world, BUT look at it at your own peril! 😱. Their defence mechanisms includes entangling themselves IN your hair & biting you!! 😅. CUTEST AMBUSH!🧡

MEET MR. MOSSY WEEVIL! 😍👋. This is the most ADORABLE beetle strutting its mossy stuff around the Amazon! 🌳. LOOK at those adorable little antennas! 🥹💚. I believe it is in the genus Ulocerus and it is another little BEAUTY found here at Manu Biological Station! 🪲💎

RT @FishInTheNews: Just published (preprint) - 𝑀𝑜𝑒𝑚𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑒. Rediscovery of a thought to be extinct beauty: a second chance for conservat….

RT @nvolpewild: NEW video up of a BELTER of a BUG! 🤩 -

NEW video up of a BELTER of a BUG! 🤩 -

WASP OR MOTH!? 🐝🤯. One of the most incredible mimics in the world, this Tiger Moth (Orcynia calcarata) looks so much like a wasp I was almost nervous holding it! 😳. There are so many tiger moths mimicking wasps in the Amazon it’s crazy! 😯🌳.How amazing is nature! 💛🖤

RT @wizentrop: Jumping stick (Apioscelis tuberculata) from the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador. This goofy grasshopper evolved to look and beh….

WHERE MY FLY FREAKS AT!? 🪰👀.The Amazon is home to some WEIRD & WHACKY flies, like this male Paragorgopis sp. 🌳.Apart from looking like a hammerhead shark, we know nothing else about this genus! There is SO much to learn about the invertebrate world and it excites me so much!🤩

RT @FishGuyKai: Pseudojuloides edwardi . Quite possibly the most beautiful wrasse in existence