Locusts feed on grassland during a locusts swarm at Kandali area in Sholgara district, Balkh province, on June 4, 2023. Hundreds of thousands of locusts have descended on crops in northern Afghanistan, under the helpless gaze of farmers and their families already stalked by famine. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)





A dragonfly rests on a leaf in Hinojedo, Cantabria, northern Spain, 01 June 2023. (Photo by Pedro Puente Hoyos/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A bee chews through a wax cap inside a beehive, at the Hatta Honey Bee Discovery Center in Hatta, an exclave of the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates on April 6, 2023. (Photo by Amr Alfiky/Reuters)





A general view of a lavender field in the summer season, in Nowy Pozog, Poland on July 15, 2023. (Photo by Aleksandra Szmigiel/Reuters)





A European hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus) on pyracantha blossom in Dunsden, United Kingdom on June 8, 2023. It is a very common species in Britain, where it is the commonest Helophilus species. (Photo by Geoffrey Swaine/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A bumblebee flies over a poppy flower on a field in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





A female Huntsman spider carries its egg sac under its body in a corner of the house in the evening at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on March 23, 2023. Huntsman spiders (Heteropoda venatoria) are a species of big spiders in the family Sparassidae found in warm and tropical areas of Australasia, Africa, Asia, the Mediterranean Basin, and the Americas. The spiders are known by this name because of their speed and mode of hunting. It is native to the tropical regions of the world. Its common names include giant crab spider or cane spider. They use venom to immobilize prey and are known to inflict serious defensive bites on humans. The female Huntsman produces a flat, oval egg sac of white papery silk, and lays up to 200 eggs. During this period the female can be quite aggressive and will rear up in a defensive display if provoked. Huntsman spider bites can cause nausea, headaches, vomiting, irregular pulse rate, and sometimes even heart palpitations. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





A caterpillar of the lemon butterfly is in the 5th or final instar eating leaves to prepare itself to before pupal stage in a forest at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on July 5, 2023. The lime butterfly or lemon butterfly or lime swallowtail or chequered swallowtail (Papilio demoleus) is a common and widespread swallowtail butterfly. These common names refer to their host plants, which are usually citrus species such as cultivated lime. Unlike most swallowtail butterflies, it does not have a prominent tail. When the adult stage is taken into consideration, the lime swallowtail is the shortest-lived butterfly, with male adults dying after four days and females after a week. The butterfly is native to Asia and Australia and can be considered an invasive pest in other parts of the world. The Lime Butterfly caterpillars in all instars possess a fleshy organ called osmeterium in the prothoracic segment. Usually hidden, the osmeterium can be everted to emit a foul-smelling secretion when the caterpillar is threatened. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





This photograph shows Mosquitoes trying to sting through a glove in a deep forest near Sundom, western Finland, on June 18 2023. Warmer temperatures and presence of stagnant waters creates more habitat for mosquitoes and increase the mosquito bite rate. (Photo by Olivier Morin/AFP Photo)





A leafhopper, east of San José, Costa Rica, 05 June 2023. The UNESCO office in Central America urged the region on 05 Juneto value its rich diversity and to work to restore the links between humans and nature, as well as to take actions to protect species and ecosystems. According to various studies, Central America is home to between 5% and 12% of the world's biodiversity, but it is also one of the world's most vulnerable areas to climate change and natural disasters. The World marks Environment Day on 05 June. (Photo by Jeffrey Arguedas/EPA/EFE)





A Reduviid or Assassin bug nymph running on the wall in a house with its crazy small dirt-like backpacks which are very rare to see, at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on May 30, 2023. Reduviid nymphs (in subfamilies Salyavatinae, Triatominae, Cetherinae, Reduviinae) found in forests in Southeast Asia region, Camouflage themselves by attaching debris or remains of dead prey insects. Their “backpacks” function helps to deter and camouflage from predators. The Reduviidae are members of the suborder Heteroptera of the order Hemiptera. The family members are almost all predatory, except for a few blood-sucking species, some of which are important as disease vectors. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





A crane fly lands on an Owl's Clover (Orthocarpus densiflorus), April 25, 2023 at Carrizo Plain National Monument during the “Superbloom” wildflower explosion, near Santa Margarita, California. After years of drought heavy winter rains created an explosion of wildflowers known as a “superbloom” in southern and central California. (Photo by Robyn Beck/AFP Photo)





A view of a ladybug on a leaf after a rainy day at the Sarikamis ditrict of Kars, Turkiye on July 8, 2023. (Photo by Huseyin Demirci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A dragonfly perches on the head of a crocodile at the Dubai Crocodile Park in Dubai on April 17, 2023. (Photo by Giuseppe Cacace/AFP Photo)





A banded demoiselle – a species of damselfly belonging to the family Calopterygidae – in Eton Wick, Windsor, Berkshire, UK on July 5, 2023. (Photo by Maureen McLean/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) sips nectar from a flower near Pomaz, northern Hungary on June 27, 2023. (Photo by Attila Kovacs/EPA/EFE)





A Tineid moth Larva crawls on the wall in a house with its crazy decorated ancient time battle field-like shield shell which is very rare to see, at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on April 24, 2023. The Tineid moth or fungus moth is a species of moth belonging to the family Tineidae of Lepidoptera. Tineids are unusual among Lepidoptera as the larvae of only a very small number of species feed on living plants, the majority feeding on fungi, lichens, detritus, dander, hair fibers, woolens, silks, felt, and similar materials. The larva constructs a protective case from silk and camouflages it with other materials such as soil, sand, and insect droppings. Pupation occurs within the case. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





Ants communicate with each other on the bark of a tree in a city park in Tallinn, Estonia, Wednesday, May 10, 2023, during a sunny spring day. (Photo by Sergei Grits/AP Photo)





A hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) collects pollen with its proboscis on the blossom of a red valerian (centranthus ruber) in Ludwigsburg, southern Germany on June 30, 2023. (Photo by Thomas Kienzle/AFP Photo)





A bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) forages flowers in Rennes, western France, on July 7, 2023. (Photo by Damien Meyer/AFP Photo)