The flowers of the Blue Passionflower (Passiflora caerulea) are rich with nectar and pollen for pollinators. However, very hungry Longwing Butterfly caterpillars (Heliconius species) can strip all the leaves of entire passionflower plants. Read more here.
Female of the Black-winged Orchid Cuckoo Bee (Exaerete frontalis), is common in Central and South Americas. This bee does not take care for own offspring, but lays its eggs in the nests of other orchid bees. When the cuckoo bee larva hatches it consumes the host larva's pollen and honey stock. See here for more general information about orchid bees.
Clear-winged Day Moth (Cocytia durvillii) is an uncommon, day-flying moth from lowland areas of the Moluccas, Aru and New Guinea.
A caterpillar of a wild Silk Moth (family Saturniidae). Caterpillars of these moths mostly feed on leaves of trees and shrubs. Pupa develop in the soil or in silken cocoons; this is why the family name. See here for more information.
Male of the orchid bee Eulaema bombiformis, native to Central and South Americas. Like other bees, female orchid bees collect nectar, pollen and resin from plants. Male orchid bees are renowned for their peculiar habit in collecting fragrances in special chambers in their hind legs. In order to collect as many scents as possible and to get just the right, species-specific mixture of smells, males can fly up to 30 km in a single trip. It is believed that the males use their perfumes to attract the females for mating. Orchid bees are important pollinators of tropical flowers. See here and here for more information.
Ootheca, or an egg sac, of a Praying Mantis (order Mantodea). The ootheca protects eggs until they hatch. Every mantis species has a unique, species-specific ootheca of different colour, size and shape. See here for more information.
White Witch (Thysania agrippina) is the largest moth species, with the wingspan up to 31 cm; native to Central and northern regions of South Americas. See here and here for more information.
Violin Beetle (Mormolyce hagenbachi), a distinctive ground beetle from South East Asia. These beetles possess distinctive violin-shaped wing-cases and are known to live between layers of bracket fungi and under the tree bark. See here for more information.