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The Fig (Ficus carica) has tiny flowers which are hidden in the swollen end of the stem. These is a tiny entrance, and the fig needs special fig wasps to crawl in and pollinate the flowers. Read more here.

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Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea) is a common butterfly species of open lowland sites such as gardens, forest edges, parks, road edges in Central and South Americas. Male on the left, female on the right. Read more here.

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Tarantula Hawk (Pepsis sp.) is a wasp that hunts tarantulas. The female stings a tarantula, paralyzes it, and then drags it to a specially prepared brooding burrow, where a single egg is laid on the spider's abdomen, and the entrance is sealed. Wasp larva hatches and eats tarantula. The hawk wasps are restricted to the Americas. Read more here.

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Brazilian red and white tarantula (Nhandu chromatus), native to rainforests and savannahs of Brazil and Paraguay. It is a common pet among tarantula keepers. See here for more information.

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