A Locust Underwing moth, too cold to get airborne, flashes its brightly orange barred hindwings hoping to scare me off.
A brilliantly red net-winged beetle, Dictyopterus aurora, advertises its noxious qualities. The ridges in its leathery wings are hollow and rupture easily to release fluids. When handled roughly it also bleeds noxious fluids from its leg joints.
John
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| Locust Underwing moth |
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| Red net-winged beetle |
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