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Cyana bellissima (I think), one of the most spectacular-looking moths I've seen.

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Photo from above of a spectacularly coloured oval moth about 4-5cm long against a black background. Its wings are white, as is its head. Legs are black with two white bands near the body. There is one fine red stripe just behind the head, and four wider red stripes across the body, spaced further apart. The wings have two black spots in the middle on each side, the lower one with a dark line extending towards the tip of the wing, which has a broad buff stripe. The body is not visible here.
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Rainbow Leaf Beetle (Spilopyra sumptuosa), family Chrysomelidae, SE QLD, Australia

photograph by Hongming Kan

via herpsandbirds

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#insects
#beetles

Rainbow Leaf Beetle on a leaf.
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A green tree ant stands guard on a leaf nest. Oecophylla smaragdina. These little guys are everywhere in the humid tropics of southeast Asia and Australia and have a lemony flavor. Cairns.

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Macro photo in side view of a slender, leggy orange ant with a translucent pale green abdomen, slighly glowing with backlighting, standing alert on a leaf with body and antennae raised. The backdrop is dark.
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