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Grape Vines (Vitis virifera) have been cultivated by humans for thousands of years. To keep vines strong and producing plenty of fruit, people try to control the insects which feed on it such as the bugs which suck on plant sap, and the moth caterpillars which burrow into the leaves. See here for more information

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Dyson's Blue Doctor (Diorhina dysoni) is a fast flying, strikingly iridescent butterfly with long wing tails, native to Central and South Americas. See here for more information.

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Praying Mantis is a predatory insect that belongs to the order Mantodea comprising over 2,400 species from temperate and tropical regions. All species have two spiked, grasping forelegs, which are used for catching and holding prey items. Mantises also have two large, bulbous eyes which aid them to see their prey or enemies. See here for more information.

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Gray's leaf insect (Phyllium bioculatum), native to West Malaysia, a perfect leaf imitator. See here and here for more information.

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It is a pupa of the Great Owl Moth (Brahmaea wallichi), one of its largest silk-moth species with the wingspan reaching 16 cm; native to South and South-East Asia. See here for more information.

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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.

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Anaxibia Morpho (Morpho anaxibia), a Neotropical butterfly species that is endemic (i.e., restricted to) to Brazil.

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