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The saddleback caterpillar is about an inch long, has a purplish-brown body with a green saddle shape on its back, and has poisonous spines on four large projections (tubercles) and many smaller ones that stick out from the sides of its body. The poisonous spines are hollow and are connected to poison glands.

USGS scientist Bernard Hubbard conducting spectral measurements of soils and cover crops to ground truth satellite imagery being used to map soil erosion and runoff potential into the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

This native leafcutter bee, Trachusa zebratum, is a solitary bee species associated with sandy soils where the female builds her own nest to lay her eggs in.

Small waterfall at base of hill lined with trees and foliage alongside stream.

A river reflects the conifers and mountains beside it.

View of Mu Ko Ang Thong (Marine) National Park

View of Mu Ko Thong (Marine) National Park.

Scenic view taken from a boat of mountains and coast in Khao Sok National Park.

Islands with angular landforms.

Sheer cliffs covered in vegetation encircling a lentic body of water.

Snake River with view of hovering clouds, trees and mountains in background.

View of Mu Ko Thong (Marine) National Park.

Rocky landforms covered in vegetation next to a beach.

Sloping landform with a cavity that opens out to the shore. Other landforms can be seen behind, covered in vegetation.

Sheer cliffs covered in vegetation encircling a lentic body of water.

View of Snake River winding through trees with mountains in background.

View of Mu Ko Thong (Marine) National Park.

View of Mu Ko Thong (Marine) National Park.

Sloping landform with a cavity that opens out to the shore. Other landforms can be seen behind, covered in vegetation.

Trees cast in shadow lie in the foreground as mountains rise in the back. The Snake River flows at the bottom of step-like slopes.

View of coniferous forests covering the mountainside.