Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: insect

Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo's Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

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Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo’s Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

Photo: Velvet Ant, Family: Mutillidae sp., not yet described.

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Velvet Ant, Family: Mutillidae sp., not yet described. This species was photographed at the Crayfish lab in West Liberty University in West Liberty, WV, however, it is originally from Horseshoe Lake, Orange Springs, FL.

Photo: Velvet ant, Family: Mutillidae sp., not yet described.

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Velvet ant, Family: Mutillidae sp., not yet described. This species was photographed at the Crayfish lab in West Liberty University in West Liberty, WV, however, it is originally from Horseshoe Lake, Orange Springs, FL.

Photo: Cyclone Larry stick insect (Sipyloidea larryi) at Lilydale High School in Australia.

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Cyclone Larry stick insect (Sipyloidea larryi) at Lilydale High School in Australia.

Photo: Cyclone Larry stick insect (Sipyloidea larryi) at Lilydale High School in Australia.

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Cyclone Larry stick insect (Sipyloidea larryi) at Lilydale High School in Australia.

Photo: A Pacific forktail damselfly, Ischnura cervula, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A Pacific forktail damselfly, Ischnura cervula, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A Pacific forktail damselfly, Ischnura cervula, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A Pacific forktail damselfly, Ischnura cervula, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A California darner, Rhionaeschna californica, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A California darner, Rhionaeschna californica, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A California darner, Rhionaeschna californica, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A California darner, Rhionaeschna californica, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A California darner, Rhionaeschna californica, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A California darner, Rhionaeschna californica, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: An orchard bee, Lasioglossum sp., at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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An orchard bee, Lasioglossum sp., at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: An orchard bee, Lasioglossum sp., at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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An orchard bee, Lasioglossum sp., at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A bee in the Andrenidae family at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A bee in the Andrenidae family at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A bee in the Andrenidae family at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A bee in the Andrenidae family at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: An orchard mason bee, Osmia lignaria, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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An orchard mason bee, Osmia lignaria, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A yellow-faced bumblebee, Bombus vosnesenskii, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A yellow-faced bumblebee, Bombus vosnesenskii, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A yellow-faced bumblebee, Bombus vosnesenskii, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A yellow-faced bumblebee, Bombus vosnesenskii, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: An Isabella tiger moth caterpillar, Pyrrharctia isabella, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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An Isabella tiger moth caterpillar, Pyrrharctia isabella, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: An Isabella tiger moth caterpillar, Pyrrharctia isabella, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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An Isabella tiger moth caterpillar, Pyrrharctia isabella, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A yellow-spotted millipede, Harpaphe haydeniana, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A yellow-spotted millipede, Harpaphe haydeniana, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A yellow-spotted millipede, Harpaphe haydeniana, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A yellow-spotted millipede, Harpaphe haydeniana, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A thick headed fly, Myopa sp., at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A thick headed fly, Myopa sp., at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A thick headed fly, Myopa sp., at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A thick headed fly, Myopa sp., at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A European earwig, Forficula auricularia, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A European earwig, Forficula auricularia, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A European earwig, Forficula auricularia, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A European earwig, Forficula auricularia, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A black vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A black vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A black vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A black vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A pair of copulating twice-stabbed stink bugs, Cosmopepla lintneriana, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A pair of copulating twice-stabbed stink bugs, Cosmopepla lintneriana, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A burying beetle, Nicrophorus defodiens, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A burying beetle, Nicrophorus defodiens, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A burying beetle, Nicrophorus defodiens, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A burying beetle, Nicrophorus defodiens, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A firefly, Ellychnia hatchi, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A firefly, Ellychnia hatchi, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A firefly, Ellychnia hatchi, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A firefly, Ellychnia hatchi, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: Desert Millipede (Orthoporus ornatus) at Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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Desert Millipede (Orthoporus ornatus) at Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

Photo: Desert Millipede (Orthoporus ornatus) at Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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Desert Millipede (Orthoporus ornatus) at Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

Photo: A wingless bat fly (Nycteribia parilis vicaria) that lives on the southern bent-winged bat (Miniopterus orianae bassanii) at Victoria, Australia.

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A wingless bat fly (Nycteribia parilis vicaria) that lives on the southern bent-winged bat (Miniopterus orianae bassanii) at Victoria, Australia.

Photo: Giant Asian mantis (Hierodula membranacea) at Butterfly Pavilion.

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Giant Asian mantis (Hierodula membranacea) at Butterfly Pavilion.

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