A beautiful Fin Whale, Pacific White-Sided Dolphins, and glassy seas!

Moths and butterflies of Madagascar:

1. Suraka silk moth, Antherina suraka, photo by jonathan_kolby

2. Sphinx moth, Batocnema cocquereli, photo by damontighe

3. Madagascan moon moth/comet moth, Argema mittrei, photo by sullivanribbit

4. Madagascan sunset moth, Chrysiridia rhipheus, photo by Frank Vassen

5. Pink tip butterfly, Colotis zoe, photo by wildchroma

6. Splendorous hornet handmaiden moth, Euchromia folletii, photo by bushboy

7. Verdant hawkmoth, Euchloron megaera, photo by bushboy

8. Venus turntail, Caligatus angasii, photo by qgrobler

9-10. Bonus mystery goth lappet moth (?) caterpillars! Photos by angelomg

“Cat tries some ice-cream”

For one, there’s the antenna pit in the middle of their face that looks just like a big, triangular skeleton nose.

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For another, they typically have two opposing rows of bristles along the top of their head, which looks amazingly like “laces” or “stitches,” like the top of their head is a corset or maybe a wrestling mask.

The area between those hairs actually inflates like a balloon when they’re pushing out of their pupa, it works like a hammer and then it hardens and the “corset hairs” are left!

Finally, when a fly’s feeding tube is pulled in (something fly monsters never really show at all, even) it looks like cartoon Peter Lorre.