A monarch butterfly rests on a plant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 18, 2024. (Photo by Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A white crab spider hides between the petals of a rain spotted rose blossom in the garden of a home near Oakland in southwestern Oregon on August 23, 2024. Crab spiders are ambush predators and wait patiently for their prey to approach. (Photo by Robin Loznak/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





On August 17, 2024, a froghopper was observed sitting on the edge of a leaf in a forest at Tehatta, West Bengal, India. Froghoppers, or the superfamily Cercopoidea, are a group of hemipteran insects in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha. Adults are capable of jumping many times their height and length, which gives the group their common name. However, many species are best known for their plant-sucking nymphs, which produce foam shelters and are commonly referred to as “spittlebugs”. These nymphs produce a covering of foamed-up plant sap that visually resembles saliva; as a result, they are commonly known as spittlebugs, and their foam is often called cuckoo spit, frog spit, or snake spit. This characteristic spittle production is associated with the unusual trait of xylem feeding. A few species are significant agricultural pests. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





A view of dragonflies near Keklik Valley and Camasir Streem after summer rains revived nature and biodiversity in Sarikamis district of Kars, Turkiye on July 12, 2024. The colorful dragonflies that appear following summer rains are considered allies of agriculture, as they consume pests that are detrimental to crops. (Photo by Huseyin Demirci/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A female Ditch Jewel dragonfly was observed sitting on the leaf of a chili plant in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 31 March 2024. Brachythemis contaminata, also known as the Ditch Jewel, is a dragonfly species in the Libellulidae family found in many Asian countries. It is also known by the common names Asian Groundling, Asian Amberwing, Orange Skimmer, and Common Amberwing. This small dragonfly features brown-capped, yellowish-green eyes. Its thorax is olivaceous-brown, marked with a reddish-brown humeral stripe and two brownish stripes on each side. The wings are transparent but have a broad, bright orange fascia extending from the base to within 2 to 3 cells of the reddish pterostigma. The abdomen is ochreous-red, marked with dorsal and sub-dorsal brown stripes, and the anal appendages are reddish-brown. The female is similar to the male but in a pale yellowish-green color. The wings are transparent, tinted with yellow at the extreme base, but lack the bright orange fascia seen in the male. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A European Mantis is seen on a tree branch in Bursa, Turkiye on August 30, 2023. As of August, the mantis exhibit heightened activity in their search for partners. An exceptional characteristic of mantis is that females attack and cannibalize the males. They also hunt a range of animals including reptiles and insects, therefore, very helpful for agriculture as they can act as an effective form of organic pest control. (Photo by Alper Tuydes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A honeybee sits on a Gladiolus flower at a garden in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad on June 19, 2007. (Photo by Krishnendu Halder/Reuters)





In this photo taken Saturday, February 1, 2020, a desert locust feeds on an Acacia tree in Nasuulu Conservancy, northern Kenya. As locusts by the billions descend on parts of Kenya in the worst outbreak in 70 years, small planes are flying low over affected areas to spray pesticides in what experts call the only effective control. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)





An adult cicada periodical cicada sheds its nymphal skin on a tree, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Charleston, Ill. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)





A butterfly stands on a wild forest flower at Seulimeum in Indonesia's Aceh province on March 4, 2023 (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)





While humans walking around the park were looking for water, this butterfly seemed satisfied with nectar from a flower at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland on July 25, 2022. It is expected that tomorrow will end a week-long streak of temperatures over 90 degrees. (Photo by Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)





A grasshopper, 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)





Vespula velutina nigrotorax on Harbouria trachypleura (Whiskbroom Parsley) in Spanish city Galicia, Pontevedra, Spain on May 9, 2024. (Photo by Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images)





The veins of an adult periodical cicada's translucent wings are illuminated shortly after shedding its nymphal skin, late Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Charleston, Ill. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)





A damselfly seen at a garden in Nagaon district in the northeastern state of Assam, India, on October 3 , 2023. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto via Getty Images)