Insects Unlocked

The Insect Image Lab at the University of Texas at Austin.

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@StrepsipZerg @jocarus2212 @AboutInsects Likewise, we walk away with banana DNA when we eat a banana.

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The amazing Pelecinus wasp. Public domain photo by @SchlauchJen.

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@jocarus2212 @AboutInsects (but there are a lot of potential privacy issues surrounding such projects!)

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@jocarus2212 @AboutInsects Mosquito researchers can use this fact to figure out who the mosquitoes have been biting, and hence who in a community might post the biggest risk of spreading disease.

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A male carpenter bee, Xylocopa micans, from Brackenridge Field Lab. New public domain image by Hannah McChesney!

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A montage of new public domain images of a leafcutter bee, Trachusa cordaticeps, created by @SchlauchJen.

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A lovely Tachinid fly, Chaetogaedia crebra! New public domain image by Ken Perry.

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The lovely and elusive white morpho. New public domain image by Anne Schultz!

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A wasp-mimicking hover fly, Spilomyia fusca. New public domain image by Ken Perry!

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Portrait of a pteromalid wasp. Public domain image by @SchlauchJen!

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Upper and lower wing surfaces of a Marpesia daggerwing from Peru. New public domain image by Anne Schultz!

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Zebra Longwing! Public domain image by @SantillanaAle

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A brilliant shot of a brilliant spider wasp, Auplopus architectus. New public domain image by Jen Schlauch!

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A native bee gathers pollen from a Coreopsis flower. New public domain image by @Myrmecos!

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The Icosta louse fly is a parasite of raptors. New public domain image by @Myrmecos.

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Just some lichen on a tree branch, no caterpillars here! New public domain image by @Myrmecos.

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@aviolentend Honey bees.

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What's up, spider wasp? New public domain image by Jen Schlauch.

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Check out these crazy bugs! It’s time for #MarchBugMadness Vote for @UTAustin’s “Most Bizarre Bug” on Instagram daily thru Mar. 29. See ultimate winner on Mar. 30. https://t.co/XlopAatmZJ #MarchMadness #insects #macrophotography #entomology #wildlifephotography