#nature The Blue Doctor is a beautiful metalmark butterfly native to the Andes mountains. The name metalmark refers to the small, metallic-looking spots often found on the wings of butterflies in this family.
(Rhetus dysonii) 🌿🧪🐡 #invertebrate
Tatama National Park, Colombia
Jen Cross is the photographer of both this image and the previous one I posted.
#nature Beetles are by far the largest order of insects: the roughly 400,000 species make up about 40% of all insect species so far described, and about 25% of all animal species.
By H. Zell - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
#nature Another fabulous moth from the Andean cloud forest. The coloring and patterns of this tiger moth remind me of something you might find decorating a playing card.
Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador
(Amaxia sp.) 🌿🧪🐡 #invertebrate
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