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  1. Cressida cressida, the clearwing swallowtail or 'big greasy' butterfly. Large and conspicuously coloured - it is toxic to potential predators. Toxins are absorbed from the food that it eats as a caterpillar. Seen in Cape York. FNQ.

    #nature #photography #australia #wildlife #insects #butterflies #invertebrates

  2. Cressida cressida, the clearwing swallowtail or 'big greasy' butterfly. Large and conspicuously coloured - it is toxic to potential predators. Toxins are absorbed from the food that it eats as a caterpillar. Seen in Cape York. FNQ.

    #nature #photography #australia #wildlife #insects #butterflies #invertebrates

  3. Cressida cressida, the clearwing swallowtail or 'big greasy' butterfly. Large and conspicuously coloured - it is toxic to potential predators. Toxins are absorbed from the food that it eats as a caterpillar. Seen in Cape York. FNQ.

    #nature #photography #australia #wildlife #insects #butterflies #invertebrates

  4. Cressida cressida, the clearwing swallowtail or 'big greasy' butterfly. Large and conspicuously coloured - it is toxic to potential predators. Toxins are absorbed from the food that it eats as a caterpillar. Seen in Cape York. FNQ.

    #nature #photography #australia #wildlife #insects #butterflies #invertebrates

  5. Cressida cressida, the clearwing swallowtail or 'big greasy' butterfly. Large and conspicuously coloured - it is toxic to potential predators. Toxins are absorbed from the food that it eats as a caterpillar. Seen in Cape York. FNQ.

    #nature #photography #australia #wildlife #insects #butterflies #invertebrates

  6. huge flight of migrating California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica) butterflies today in the county

    #insects #butterflies

  7. Black Swallowtails over the purple wildflowers at Big Thicket, from a clean wings-open portrait to two butterflies meeting above the blooms.

    📍 Pitcher Plant Trail, Big Thicket National Preserve, TX
    📸 Canon EOS R50 + RF100-400mm

    #BlackSwallowtail #Butterflies #WildlifePhotography #BigThicket #TexasWildlife

  8. An Apefly (Spalgis epius) spotted in Punggol, Singapore on 25 Oct 2025. A small, rare butterfly whose caterpillar feeds on mealybugs. It gets it name for the supposed resemblance of its pupa to the face of an ape.

    On iNaturalist [ inaturalist.org/observations/3 ].

    #iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Insects #Butterflies #Lepidoptera

  9. An Apefly (Spalgis epius) spotted in Punggol, Singapore on 25 Oct 2025. A small, rare butterfly whose caterpillar feeds on mealybugs. It gets it name for the supposed resemblance of its pupa to the face of an ape.

    On iNaturalist [ inaturalist.org/observations/3 ].

    #iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Insects #Butterflies #Lepidoptera

  10. An Apefly (Spalgis epius) spotted in Punggol, Singapore on 25 Oct 2025. A small, rare butterfly whose caterpillar feeds on mealybugs. It gets it name for the supposed resemblance of its pupa to the face of an ape.

    On iNaturalist [ inaturalist.org/observations/3 ].

    #iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Insects #Butterflies #Lepidoptera

  11. An Apefly (Spalgis epius) spotted in Punggol, Singapore on 25 Oct 2025. A small, rare butterfly whose caterpillar feeds on mealybugs. It gets it name for the supposed resemblance of its pupa to the face of an ape.

    On iNaturalist [ inaturalist.org/observations/3 ].

    #iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Insects #Butterflies #Lepidoptera

  12. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐛💨 Dr. Adrian Smith captures high speed footage of a giant spiny leaf #insect taking flight and a #butterfly #caterpillar firing frass pellets (aka insect #poop) away from its body.

    Filmed at 1,500 frames per second, the detailed #video shows insect movement, #flight, and ballistic #defense mechanisms.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/giant-stick-in

    #beetles #biology #butterflies #camouflage #flying #larvae #science #slowmotion #stickinsect #technology #tech #entomology #tksst #video

  13. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐛💨 Dr. Adrian Smith captures high speed footage of a giant spiny leaf #insect taking flight and a #butterfly #caterpillar firing frass pellets (aka insect #poop) away from its body.

    Filmed at 1,500 frames per second, the detailed #video shows insect movement, #flight, and ballistic #defense mechanisms.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/giant-stick-in

    #beetles #biology #butterflies #camouflage #flying #larvae #science #slowmotion #stickinsect #technology #tech #entomology #tksst #video

  14. And with this final fit of the 41st novelette, " – arms - legs - heaven – ", the shape of the doom that approaches should prove, I hope, a touch more clear:

    thecityofroses.com/story/ArmsL

    #FreeBooks #IndieAuthors #FantasyLit #Butterflies

  15. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐛💨 Dr. Adrian Smith captures high speed footage of a giant spiny leaf #insect taking flight and a #butterfly #caterpillar firing frass pellets (aka insect #poop) away from its body.

    Filmed at 1,500 frames per second, the detailed #video shows insect movement, #flight, and ballistic #defense mechanisms.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/giant-stick-in

    #beetles #biology #butterflies #camouflage #flying #larvae #science #slowmotion #stickinsect #technology #tech #entomology #tksst #video

  16. 💁🏻‍♀️ NEW: 🐛💩 Dr. Adrian Smith captures high speed footage of a giant spiny leaf #insect taking flight and a #butterfly #caterpillar firing frass pellets (aka insect #poop) away from its body.

    Filmed at 1,500 frames per second, the detailed #video shows insect movement, #flight, and ballistic #defense mechanisms.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/giant-stick-in

    #beetles #biology #butterflies #camouflage #flying #larvae #science #slowmotion #stickinsect #technology #tech #entomology #tksst #video