Small insects

Pink Orchid Mantis. [Talk about a paradox--I think of pink and flowers as romantic, but there's nothing romantic about a mantis. Just the opposite, in fact.]

Phyllium westwoodi Wood-Mason, 1875. Phylliidae family contains the extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkable leaf mimics in the entire animal kingdom. They occur from South Asia through Southeast Asia to Australia. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Phasmatodea Superfamily: Phyllioidea Family: Phylliidae Redtenbacher, 1906

ITEM DESCRIPTION Insect Print - Insect Poster - Sсience Wall Art Print - Entomology Illustration - Dragonfly - Beetle Print - Insect Art - Entomologist gift Please note that some of our prints come from images that are over 100 years old and as such, they may reflect realistic details - they may be grainier than we are used to seeing now, there may be slight creases, smudges or tears reflected that cannot be removed during restoration - in our opinion this is exactly how they're supposed to…

Ants make up around a quarter of the Earth’s animal numbers, with about ten quadrillion of them — that’s 10,000,000,000,000,000 (more than a million ants to every human).

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A homeowner in Australia has photographed a terrifyingly huge spider lurking in a doorway of their home. The photo, posted to Reddit, shows the massive arachnid flattened out in the doorway.