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Insects and Arachnids

Butterflies of the Amazon and North America, and the spiders most people never notice, including Hawaiʻi's endemic happy-face spider.

12 photos · Observations on iNaturalist

Eastern Tiger SwallowtailPapilio glaucusWestmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA · 2018Temperate forest Appalachia
Spangled CupidHelicopis cupidoSucumbíos, Ecuador · 2015Tropical lowland forest South America
Gulf FritillaryDione vanillaeEast Lake, Florida, USA · 2019Temperate forest Eastern North America
Zebra LongwingHeliconius charithoniaGreater Thonotosassa, Tampa, Florida, USA · 2018Temperate forest Eastern North America
Red PostmanHeliconius eratoShushufindi, Sucumbíos, Ecuador · 2015Tropical lowland forest South America
Great EggflyHypolimnas bolinaPuerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines · 2023Tropical lowland forest Coral Triangle
Red-spotted AdmiralLimenitis arthemisCambria County, Pennsylvania, USA · 2022Temperate forest Appalachia
Tigerwing ButterflyMechanitis lysimnia ssp. elisaProvidencia, Sucumbíos, Ecuador · 2015Tropical lowland forest South America
Tigerwing ButterflyOleria assimilis ssp. assimilisProvidencia, Sucumbíos, Ecuador · 2015Tropical lowland forest South America
Red AdmiralVanessa atalantaCambria County, Pennsylvania, USA · 2022Temperate forest Appalachia
Adanson's House JumperHasarius adansoniHonolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA · 2015Hawaiʻi
Happy Face SpiderTheridion grallatorOʻahu, Hawaiʻi, USA · 2015Tropical montane forestHawaiʻi