Benzoin begins as a sticky response to cuts in the bark of Styrax trees before hardening into fragrant resin. Explore its Sumatran origins, long trade history, sweet balsamic scent and inconvenient tendency to fuse when warm.
Aphaena submaculata hides brilliant red hindwings beneath mottled forewings and carries a name based on an old natural history mistake. Explore its colour, planthopper life cycle and place among the lanternflies.
Ancyluris meliboeus is a small South American metalmark with red and black wings, delicate tails and blue green structural colour that shifts with the light.
Ambragaeana ambra is unmistakably a cicada, just not the sort most people picture. Explore its amber patterned wings, underground life, tymbal song and place among Asia's colourful butterfly cicadas.
Alcides orontes is a day flying moth whose dark wings flash blue and green as the viewing angle changes. Explore its structural colour, island distribution and place among the colourful Uraniidae.
