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Australian Museum Papered Butterflies - 6

SpecimensAustralian Museum Entomology Collection

Butterflies and moths belong to the order Lepidoptera. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. Some butterflies have evolved symbiotic and parasitic relationships with social insects such as ants. Some species are pests because in their larval stages they can damage domestic crops or trees; however, some species are agents of pollination of some plants, and caterpillars of a few butterflies eat harmful insects. Culturally, butterflies are a popular motif in the visual and literary arts.

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Kew's Brazilian Plant Diversity - Part 2

SpecimensRoyal Botanic Gardens - Kew
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Possums in the rain!? (HJ_F03_Batch01)

Camera TrapsSaving our Species - Mountain Pygmy-Possum bushfire recovery
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South African SAFARIS – FN book 35

Field notesSouthern African Friends and Researchers Indexing Specimens
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Brushtail attack (HJ7_F01_Batch01)

Camera TrapsSaving our Species - Mountain Pygmy-Possum bushfire recovery
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Secret Life of Critters at Mulligans Flat: 35, GR, April 2020

Camera TrapsWoodlands and Wetlands Trust
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Australian Museum Papered Butterflies - 6

SpecimensAustralian Museum Entomology Collection
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Moraceae and Gesneriaceae of Myanmar

SpecimensRoyal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Taronga Sanctuary: Site 2 September/October '18

Camera TrapsTaronga Conservation Society Australia
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OMAR Catalog Book 2

Field notesNatural History Museum of Utah - Anthropology
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Taronga Sanctuary: Site 19 August/September '18

Camera TrapsTaronga Conservation Society Australia
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Paleontology Preparation Sheets - HEC

SpecimensNatural History Museum of Utah - Paleontology
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Secret Life of Critters at Mulligans Flat: 34, MF, April 2020

Camera TrapsWoodlands and Wetlands Trust
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Kew’s Fungi from the British Isles – Basidiomycetes Part 5

SpecimensRoyal Botanic Gardens - Kew
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Koala Drinkers - Tree Drinkers (BakMer 7)

Camera TrapsSaving our Species - Koala
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Invertebrate Paleontology Collections Catalog

SpecimensNatural History Museum of Utah - Paleontology
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Torricelli survey - notebook #2557

Field notesGeoscience Australia Library
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Air Plants to Pineapples: the Bromeliad Family

SpecimensNew York Botanical Garden - William & Lynda Steere Herbarium
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Kew's Brazilian Plant Diversity - Part 1

SpecimensRoyal Botanic Gardens - Kew
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Camera TrapsSaving our Species - Koala
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South Australian Herbarium Liverwort Collection part 4

SpecimensBotanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia
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