Leafcutter Ant
Farmers of the forest floor
Conservation Threats
Infrastructure
Roads, dams, power lines, and buildings causing mortality or habitat fragmentation
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Underwing Moth
Beautiful underneath, invisible on bark
Keyhole Cichlid
Small cichlid, big-family devotion
Giant Wood Moth
Big moth, long childhood in wood
Uromastyx (Spiny-Tailed Lizard)
Spiny tails, desert scales, plant power.
Zokor
Engineers of the Asian underworld
Uaru Cichlid
Amazon's gentle giant with a triangle badge
Xingu River Ray
Rio Xingu's Black Diamond Stingray
Yellowjacket (Yellow Jacket)
Paper nests, sharp teamwork, bold stripes
Khapra Beetle
Tiny beetle, massive quarantine threat.
Mollusk
One phylum, endless forms
Hartebeest
Built for the long run on the plains
Inchworm
Loop, look like a twig, and live on leaves
Owlfly (Ascalaphidae)
Big eyes. Clubbed antennae. Pure predator.
Gourami
Gulp air, build nests, rule the shallows
Kissing Gourami
Not a kiss-it's a contest.
Olympic Marmot
Olympic Mountains' whistling burrower
Pacific Coast Tick
Ornate hunter of the Pacific slopes
Western Blacklegged Tick
Pacific Coast tick, outsized impact.
Ornate Bichir
Maze-Patterned Air-Breathing Predator
Volcano Snail
Armored snail of the iron vents
Assassin Snail
Banded burrower, snail-eating sniper
Cone Snail
Harpoon hunters of the reef
Spotted Skunk
Small skunk, big attitude.