"Insect Behavior."

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4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443759

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443761

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443763

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12437797

2 June 2025

A Mason wasp (Delta conoideum), a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae, is seen transporting a paralyzed caterpillar larva to its nest to feed its offspring, in Tehatta, India, on June 2, 2025

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2 June 2025

A Mason wasp (Delta conoideum), a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae, is seen transporting a paralyzed caterpillar larva to its nest to feed its offspring, in Tehatta, India, on June 2, 2025

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#12437799

2 June 2025

A Mason wasp (Delta conoideum), a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae, is seen transporting a paralyzed caterpillar larva to its nest to feed its offspring, in Tehatta, India, on June 2, 2025

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#12437800

2 June 2025

A Mason wasp (Delta conoideum), a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae, is seen transporting a paralyzed caterpillar larva to its nest to feed its offspring, in Tehatta, India, on June 2, 2025

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#12437801

2 June 2025

A Mason wasp (Delta conoideum), a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae, is seen transporting a paralyzed caterpillar larva to its nest to feed its offspring, in Tehatta, India, on June 2, 2025

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#12437802

2 June 2025

A Mason wasp (Delta conoideum), a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae, is seen transporting a paralyzed caterpillar larva to its nest to feed its offspring, in Tehatta, India, on June 2, 2025

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