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Vivid dancer, Argia vivida, Coenagrionidae, Zygoptera

Found in western North America

Picture-winged Leaf Moth (Glanycus coendersi), family Thyrididae, Pahang, Malaysia

[Siren wailing]... Big pink hawkmoth season is upon us. I repeat, big pink hawkmoth season. This is not a drill.

This is an elephant hawkmoth, warming up its wings & taking off. It's caterpillars are also magnificent chonks, and they eat rosebay willow herb (AKA fireweed in the US I think?) This is a perfect reason to do less weeding. Keep some weeds, get big pink hawkmoths like this one.

Broad-headed bark spider, Caerostris sp., Araneidae

Photographed in Malaysia by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

Thistle mantis, Blepharopsis mendica, Empusidae (Gargoyle Mantises)

Found across northern Africa, through the Middle East, and into Central and South Asia

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Orange-tailed marsh dart, Ceriagrion cerinorubellum, Coenagrionidae

Found throughout South and Southeastern Asia

Wasp-mimic clearwing moth, Euhagena emphytiformis, Sesiidae

Found in the United States