#abominationimperatrix

My favorites are the crimson and violet dropwings just because they’re so pretty! Here’s a crimson dropwing, and the violet looks similar:

(Photo by tiark)

Honorable mention to the Halloween pennant because it’s pretty and I like the name:

(Photo by ckhunt)

And the giant petaltail because it’s the biggest living species:

(Photo by matthew_connors)

Colacho, 186th Known One.

“An armless, hairy creature with goat horns and eagle-like beak and claws that lives on trees, dropping on its victims from above. Whoever hears their repulsive call assumes it is their loved ones calling, and clothing woven from its fur can turn the wearer invisible”, @bugcthulhu (source)

“During the act, known as El Salto del Colacho (the devil jump) or simply El Colacho, men dressed as the Devil (known as the Colacho) in red and yellow suits jump over babies born during the previous twelve months of the year who lie on mattresses in the street. The "devils" hold whips and oversized castanets as they jump over the infant children.“ - Wikipedia

Do you mean unappreciated because people think they're gross, or unappreciated because people just aren't aware they exist? I'll answer for both, I suppose!

Ticks, for one. I don't see many people talking about how cute or interesting they are, even people who like other "gross" bugs. Not a lot of mosquito love, either, or lice! I understand why in all cases, of course, as they can be pests and potentially spread disease.

Puttikan, the 174th Known One.

Suggested by @abominationimperatrix​.

Puttikan, another imaginary being, like a horse, having a large mane and a tail sharp like a cutlass; whenever he meets the blacks, they go towards him and draw up their lips to show that the tooth is knocked out; then he will not injure them; but should the tooth be still there, he runs after them, and kills and eats them. He does not walk, but bounds like a kangaroo, and the noise of his leaps on the ground is as the report of a gun; he calls out as he advances, ‘Pirrolog, Pirrolog.’