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Metallic wood-boring beetle, Metaxymorpha apicalis, Buprestidae
Photographed in Indonesia by Frank Deschandol // Instagram
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Jumping spider, Phiale guttata, Salticidae
Found from Mexico down through Brazil
Photos 1-2 by jorgearrestre4, 3-5 by benoit_segerer, 6-7 by mason_s, 8 by b_louboutin, and 9-10 (for scale) by isaof
This spider has better eyelashes than me







Jumping spider, Thyene inflata, Salticidae
Found in Sub-Saharan Africa
Photos 1-5 by wynand_uys, 6 by linkie, and 7 by christopher1201
I GOT IT !!!!


My babies...my arm is sore af







Hasselt’s spiny spider, Macracantha hasselti, Araneidae
Photographed in Singapore by budak


Paradise jumping spider (male and female), Habronattus mustaciatus (part of complex H. americanus), Salticidae
Found in California
Photos by mhedin





Mexican blue flat-backed millipede, Strongylodesmus conspicuus, Polydesmida
Photos by ismaeleduardo-huerta-de-la-barrera










Southern African slug moth, Coenobasis amoena, Limacodidae
Photo 1 by thijsvalkenburg, 2 by nikiescott, 3 by fubr, 4 by Bernard Dupont, 5 by qgrobler, 6-7 (cocoon before and after moth emerged) by nikiescott, 8-9 by wolfachim, and 10 by suncana
BRITLE FLY SPOTTED RRRAAAAAAAAAAA




Feather-legged bristle fly, Trichopoda lanipes, Tachinidae
Found throughout the eastern United States and down into Mexico, this species, like other bristle flies, is a protelean parasitoid with primarily true bug hosts. Adults feed on flower nectar, true bug honeydew, and pollen.
Photos 1-2 (female) by smeckert and 3-4 (male) by louiseinva