Collared Araçari (Pteroglossus torquatus) Sarapiquí, Costa Rica. Collared Araçari is a type of toucan.Small flocks, usually consisting of 6-15 birds, move through the forest with a rapid direct flight. This species is primarily an arboreal fruit-eater, but will also take insects, lizards, eggs, and other small prey. Photo by Cyn Vargas Nature Photo
A crimson speckled moth. The recent heatwave has seen hundreds of rare moths arriving in the UK, in what experts are describing as the best migration for the insects in years. Photograph: Butterfly Conservation/PA.
Two-barred flasher (Astraptes fulgerator). A cryptic moth species complex in the spread-wing skipper butterfly genus Astraptes. It ranges all over the Americas, from the southern United States to northern Argentina. Photo: yakovlev.alexey, Peru, Aug. 2008.
A six-spot burnet day-flying moth. UK butterfly numbers fell following coldest summer in 18 years. The annual count by Butterfly Conservation recorded 11% fewer butterflies and day-flying moths as a result of a cool and sunless mid-summer Photograph: Mark Parsons/Butterfly Conservat/PA
the ashy thrush is a ground-dwelling bird endemic to the philippines. sexes’ markings are the same, with grey & white as base colors decorated with black markings. as ground foragers, they feed primarily on earthworms and some other insects. they live primarily in rainforest habitat, and are threatened by habitat loss.
