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Insects from a rice field, Bangladesh

March 2017. Four insects from plants growing in a rice field in Bangladesh.

IMG_3280: Carpenter bee, Hymenoptera: Xylecopidae (pollinator) (top, right)
IMG_3275: Blue butterfly, Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae (some species are pests, such as Lampides boeticus) (top, left)
IMG_4383: Adult leather jackets, Diptera: Tipulidae (larvae can be feeding on roots of grasses) (below, left)
IMG_3287: Hairy moth, Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctiinae (Creatonotos sp.? some species in this genus feed on rice) (below, right)