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American Pipe Snake aka False Coral Snake (Anilius scytale), family Aniliidae, Ecuador

This family is monotypic, containing only this species.

This species is considered to be quite primitive in its anatomy.

Coral snake mimic.

Blushing Phantom or Pink-tipped Glasswing Satyr (Cithaerias pireta), family Nymphalidae, Ecuador

I must be a clown inside your mind, aren't I?

Song: karakuri pierrot by 40mp ft Hatsune Miku

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These moths smell with their wings

Never-before-seen ability may allow the insects to home in on their favorite plants

Like most insects, the wings of tobacco hawk moths (Manduca sexta) are covered in tiny hairs. These microscopic strands help insects taste and stay stable in flight. But the tobacco hawk moth’s wing hairs do something researchers haven’t documented in any other insect: they help the animal smell, researchers report this week in the Journal of Experimental Biology...