What's Black and White and Red All Over?

Nature Talk
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yes of course the answer is … a newspaper! but it could be a posted comment on iNaturalist :-)

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What about no red at all, like this male Barred Antshrike or Banded Alder Borer beetles?

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Red on the inside! :open_mouth:

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I’ve “red” about those black and white species.

I think it’s interesting that so many species of woodpeckers are just variations on the black-white-red theme.

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Actually, the banded alder borer might be grey or green on the inside.

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This is another butterfly that I see frequently in my neighborhood in the south end of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. This is a Red Postman or
Mariposa de Bandas Carmesí Occidental Heliconius erato ssp. cruentus.

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