My Favorite Animal Postcards: Bugs

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Wednesday, May 6, 2026

A Hoverfly on a Lanceleaf Flower

A Hoverfly on a Lanceleaf flower.

This postcard was postmarked in 2026.

Sunday, November 11, 2018

A Ladybug from Finland

Foto: Andreas Doerig

The sender writes:
This postcard is so cute! I love the colorful ladybug on the black and white background.

2017

Saturday, July 2, 2016

A Mosquito As The Wisconsin State Bird

Wisconsin State Bird
The Mosquito
(Aedes Vexans)
2016

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Ladybug
Ohio State Insect

In 1975, the Ohio government selected the ladybug beetle as Ohio's official insect. Ladybird beetles exist in all of Ohio's eighty-eight counties.

This postcard is from 2015.

Seven Butterfly Postcards from Butterfly World in Florida, USA

Butterfly World

Coconut Creek, Florida

Blue Morpho Butterfly

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Lacewing Butterfly

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Madiera Butterfly (I think this is supposed to be Madeira.)

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Tree Nymph Butterflies

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Piano Key Butterfly

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Birdwing Butterfly

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Ulysses Butterfly

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These postcards are all from 2016.

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This is from Butterfly World's website:

Our Story

Butterfly World is the result of one man’s hobby gone wild.

Born of Dutch immigrants, Ronald Boender grew up in Illinois and had always had a fascination with butterflies, beginning with the cabbage whites, black swallowtails and silk moths he found while growing up on his father’s farm.

He moved to Florida in 1968, and after retiring from a successful career as an electrical engineer, he decided to actively pursue his interest in butterflies, beginning by raising local butterflies and butterfly food plants in small numbers at his home.

When he learned there was a market for “farmed” butterflies for sale to Universities and Zoos, Boender established MetaScience Co., a commercial butterfly farm, in 1984. The staff at MetaScience produced up to 1000 butterfly pupa per week, and established methods of butterfly rearing that are still in use at Butterfly World.

During this time, Boender also learned of attractions called “butterfly houses” springing up overseas, particularly in the United Kingdom. Intrigued by the possibilities, He went to England in 1985, and met Clive Farrell, founder and owner of the London Butterfly House. They became friends, and soon partners in the venture that became Butterfly World, the first butterfly house in the United States, and the largest in the world.

Opening day was March 28, 1988, with Butterfly World encompassing 3 acres of butterfly aviaries, botanical gardens and the working butterfly farm and research center that Boender had worked years to establish. In the years that have followed, the park has expanded to include the 2 additional aviaries for a rainbow of birds and hummingbirds, an interactive lorikeet encounter, as well as a skilled aviculture care and research staff to support these endeavors.

Friday, February 19, 2016

Lake Fly, Official Bird of Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Lake Fly (Chironomidae Annoyus)
Official Bird of Oshkosh Wisconsin

This Letter-Press postcard was made by Rauhaus Design and was bought in 2016.

Sunday, January 17, 2016

A Hand-Drawn Butterfly, Let's Fly Away

National Postcard Week

May 3 - 9, 2015

Let's Fly Away

This postcard was made by Claude Brassard of Canada and is number 12 in a limited edition of 40. (His address is also on the white part of the card, but I edited it out before posting it on-line.)

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Macleay's Spectre, Spiny Stick, Walking Insect

Insects
Female of Macleay's Spectre, Extatosoma tiaratum,
feeding on eucalypt leaves

These insects are popular pets, as they are easy to rear and spectacular to look at. The spines which give this insect its alternative common name of "spiny stick insect' are harmless, although they may make for an uncomfortable mouthful for a predator. The eggs of this species and of other stick insects closely resemble the seeds of plants, and are dropped by the female as she feeds. Males are slender and much smaller than females, and they have long, functional wings. This Australian insect is now found in captive breeding colonies all over the world.

Photo Stuart Humphres: Australian Museum

This postcard was bought in Australia in 2012 for $2.50.

Butterflies from the Key West Florida Nature Conservatory

The Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory

Stroll through a tropical paradise and enjoy an exotic environment filled with hundreds of butterflies, an impressive collection of flowering plants, cascading waterfalls and trees - all under a climate controlled, glass enclose habitat, along with adjacent Gift Shop, Learning Center and Gallery.
2015

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This Conservatory houses from 50-60 different species of live butterflies from around the world.

A 3D Dinosaur Eating Bugs, Scipionyx Samniticus

Scipionyx samniticus
Design: Franco Tempesta

This 3-D Dinosaur postcard was bought in Wisconsin for $3.95 in 2015, but it was made in Germany.

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There is only one fossil known of Scipionyx, discovered in 1981 by an amateur paleontologist and brought to the attention of science in 1993. In 1998 the type species Scipionyx samniticus was named, the generic name meaning "Scipio's claw".