Black

Tiger Swallowtail

Striped speedster of eastern forests

Tent Caterpillar

Silk tents, teamwork, and tree-top dramas

Gypsy Moth Caterpillar

Blue then red spots-forest defoliator

Swallowtail Butterfly

Big wings, bold tails, secret defenses

Swallowtail Caterpillar

Pop the osmeterium-stay alive!

Woolly Bear Caterpillar

Fuzzy forecast-or forest forager?

Tenrec

Many forms, one Malagasy family

Giant Golden Mole

Gold in the soil, ghost of the forest

Golden Mole

Not true moles-Africa's sand swimmers

Spalax

Masters of life underground

Bamboo Rat

Asia's underground bamboo engineers

Diving Duck

Built to dive, born to roam

Forest Cuckoo Bumblebee

All buzz-no workers.

Gypsy Cuckoo Bumblebee

No nest. No workers. All takeover.

Yellowish Cuckoo Bumblebee (formerly Fernald's Cuckoo Bumblebee)

The nest-hijacking bumblebee

Lemon Cuckoo Bumblebee

No workers. No pollen. All infiltration.

Field Cuckoo Bumblebee

No workers. Just takeover.

Red-Tailed Cuckoo Bumblebee

The bumblebee that steals a colony

Vestal Cuckoo Bumblebee

Pollinator and colony hijacker.

Barbut's Cuckoo Bumblebee

No workers-just a well-timed takeover

Scaleless Ball Python

Same royal python-sleek, scaleless shine

Argentine Black and White Tegu

Big bands, bold brain, burrow life.

Bagworm Moth

Nature's moths in mobile armor

Carpet Beetle

Tiny beetles, big appetite for "dry"