Butterflies, caterpillars, beetles display patterns that sometimes remind of colorful masks with eyes staring at us ... It is no coincidence, these patterns are messages for possible predators.
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20GLB04102

petit Paon de nuit (Saturnia pavonia) / Paon de nuit austral (Saturnia pavoniella)

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14IVH00890

Agnia clara [AT]

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14IVH00878

Catoxantha opulenta [AT]

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09GRB00251

Goliathus goliatus apicalis

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16FTH05001

Eupholus linnei [AT]

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17FTH05036

Dicheros bicornis decorus

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09JBS00352

Isabelle

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11BLG00188

Great Peacock moth night or pear (detail) [AT]

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10SVT01013

Cul-gold chenille [AT]

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11NQN01080

War mask [AT]

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17RRB12199

Cercope sanguinolent.

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17FTH05024

Megaloxantha bicolor assamensis M

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17FTH05027

Lampropelpa rothschildi F

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12YPR00078

Sphinx skull [AT]

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11CBR00809

Antherina suraka [AT]

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11CBR09229

Rothschildia jacobaeae [AT]

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13SGT05322

Clyte ram [AT]

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14IVH00418

Crocallis elinguaria [AT]

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14YSM00105

half mourning Melanargia galathea [AT]

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14IVH00019

Megaloxantha bicolor [AT]

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14IVH00864

Cyriocrates horsfieldi [AT]

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15YSM12112

euplagia quadripunctaria [AT]

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08FDM00167

Grouping of Asian ladybugs [AT]

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11CBR09334

Saturnia pyri [AT]

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13EGM02067

Spotted Lepture [AT]

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14EGM30010

Peacock day-foraging ivy [AT]

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07CLP00172

GENDARME

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14SGT06418

Little turtle on flower [AT]

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16TCL02186

leafhopper bison [AT]

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11MVG00109

Green tiger beetle [AT]

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12WPT00415

Roomvlek; Arctia villica; Cream-spot Tiger

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11CBR10506

Triodia Sylvina [AT]

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16SGT08587

Gendarme

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16TCL02005

Punaise écuyère

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17FTH05044

Chrysochroa ocallata ephippigera

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05PLB00122

Petit apollon qui butine

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16LGY11438

Ecaille martre

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17FTH12639

Chiasognathus granti pygmaea

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16TMT11026

Angle shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) on white background, Liguria, Italy

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19TMT11005

Adult male of Emperor moth (Saturnia pavoniella) perched on branch during day,Liguria, Italy

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20FGM01242

Pyrrhocoris apterus

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20GLB04101

petit Paon de nuit (Saturnia pavonia) / Paon de nuit austral (Saturnia pavoniella)

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14IVH00874

cetonia aurata [AT]

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14IVH00033

Lamprocyphus [AT]

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14IVH00882

Calloplophora graafi [AT]

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14IVH00859

Entimus splendidus [AT]

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16TCL02066

Graphosome punctuated [AT]

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16TCL02067

Graphosome ponctué

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16TCL02085

Eurygaster maura