Yellow-faced Bumblebee

Invertebrates > Hymenoptera

The Yellow-faced Bumblebee (Bombus vosnesenskii) is the most abundant and ecologically vital native bumblebee along the Pacific Coast of North America. Famous for its striking color pattern—combining a plush velvety jet-black body with a bright lemon-yellow face and a...

Common Yabby

Invertebrates > Crayfish

The Common Yabby (Cherax destructor) is Australia’s most famous and beloved freshwater crayfish. Described scientifically with the fearsome species name ‘destructor’ for its notorious habit of burrowing into and undermining the earthen walls of farm...

Blue Spiny Stick Insect

Invertebrates > Stick Insects

The Blue Spiny Stick Insect (Achrioptera manga) is universally hailed as one of the most breathtakingly gorgeous insects on Earth. While almost all stick insects rely on drab brown or green camouflage to hide as twigs, adult males of this colossal Malagasy species...

Blue Land Crab

Invertebrates > Crabs

The Blue Land Crab (Cardisoma guanhumi), celebrated across the Caribbean as the Great Land Crab, is a colossal, heavy-clawed terrestrial crustacean native to the coastal lowlands of the tropical Americas. Instantly distinguished by its striking powder-blue or...

Cook Strait Giant Weta

Invertebrates > Orthoptera

The Cook Strait Giant Weta (Deinacrida rugosa), known in Maori as Weta Punga, is an iconic, dinosaur-like giant insect native to the island ecosystems of New Zealand. Evolving in an ancient archipelago devoid of native land mammals, this monumental, flightless...