Insects

Insects are perhaps the least understood and most under-appreciated group of organisms. Insects represent over 80% of all species in the world and one out of every four living organisms is a beetle. Almost $20 billion is contributed to the US economy annually due to insects' ecosystem services. I hope people find these photographs intriguing and beautiful and hope that viewers develop a bit of an appreciation for insects.

Butterfly on Mt. Adaklu in Ghana.
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Butterfly on Mt. Adaklu in Ghana.
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Butterfly on Mt. Adaklu in Ghana.
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Butterfly on Mt. Adaklu in Ghana.
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Damselfly on Mt. Adaklu in Ghana.
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Salt Creek tiger beetle, a highly endangered species that lives only near Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Salt Creek tiger beetle, a highly endangered species that lives only near Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Damselfly on Mt. Adaklu in Ghana.
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Bright green damselfly in Nebraska.
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Bright green damselfly in Nebraska.
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Dragonfly on Mt. Adaklu in Ghana.
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Fly on Mt. Adaklu in Ghana.
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Moth on Mt. Adaklu in Ghana.
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Moth on Mt. Adaklu in Ghana.
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Moth on Mt. Adaklu in Ghana.
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Bright green tiger beetle near Huntsville, Alabama.
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Spider eats her catch on Mt. Adaklu in Ghana.
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Blue damselfly.
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Blue damselfly.
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Dragonfly.
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Dragonfly gets caught.
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Cicindela sexguttata on Little Salt Creek in Nebraska.
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Dragonfly on salt flats in Nebraska.
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Tiger beetle on salt flats in Nebraska.
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Robber fly.
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Butterfly on Mt. Adaklu in Ghana.
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Robber fly.
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Cicindela circumpicta on salt flats in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Blue damselfly with wings spread.
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Brown damselfly.
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Cicindela punctulata in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Weevil on salt flats near Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Bright green damselfly in Nebraska.
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Green-eyed dragonfly in Nebraska.
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Green-eyed dragonfly in Nebraska.
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A bumblebee eats out of a flower.
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Brown damselfly.
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Blue damselfly.
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Fly on Mt. Adaklu in Ghana.
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Dragonfly in the shadow of the Nebraska City coal power plant.
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