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This 'streamside butterfly' is our most familiar riverine Odonate. It is a variable species and numerous forms have been named.\n\n\n\n\n\n
Small insect on the ears of barley, selective focus
Dragon-fly, view from above, blue - black, big, sitting on a rock, wings spreaded out, USA, Kenai Peninsula
Phyllium siccifolium, Leaf insect
butterfly on the flower
Insect on branch.
Blue Milkweed Beetle Parheminodes pulcher standing on a stem.
Gulf Fritillary Agraulis Vanillae. will become a orange butterfly, however right now its eating its way through this passion flower vine.
A closeup of the meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) on a purple flower
Tot 30-39mm, Ab 25-32mm, HW 19-23mm.\nOur most delicate Lestes, which is normally easily separated by its statue and coloration, although some Iberian populations recall L. barbarous.\nHabitat: A wide variety of seasonally dry shallow and reedy waters in the south, becoming more critical in the north-west, where it is most abundant in heath and bog lakes with peat moss (Sphagnum) and rushes (Juncus).\nFlight Season: Northern populations mostly emerge in July, flying into November.\nDistribution: Widespread in Europe, although seldom the dominant Lestes species. Distribution recall L. barbarous, and also tends to wander like that species, though rarely in similarly great numbers.\n\nThis Species is to be seen in the describe Habitats, but not as common as L. sponsa in the Netherlands.
Green rose chafer between white dog rose blossoms
Pyrgus sidea on the flower
Macro shot of a grasshopper in grass
adult Green belly bug of the species Diceraeus melacanthus
Dragonfly on green fern leaf.
An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail in Dover, Tennessee
On the drought plagued short grass prairies in southeast Colorado, a rare and threatened species, the mountain plover, known as \
Insect on the plant with morning moisture, green, water
Tot: 45-50mm, Ab 30-37mm, Hw 33-38mm.\nIdentification:\nVery similar to O. cancellatum, with which it is found especially in the south-east, and as far west as France. However, it is sleeker, paler and more contrasting. Named for the contrasting white appendages of both sexes.\nBehavior:\nLike O. cancellatum, male often sits on open ground near the water, making very fast, low flights over the water.\nOccurrence:\nDistribution is patchy, but the species is generally not uncommon, stretching to China and Japan.\nHabitat: Open Ponds and Lakes.\nFlight Season: From the end of May to mid-September.\n\nThis nice Skimmer is photographed during a Vacation in France in May 1990. Scanned from a slide.
butterfly on the flower
Amano shrimp - Caridina multidentata
Mantis is a type of mantis originating from the island of Borneo. It has a unique body shape and is colored like dried leaves to disguise itself for prey.
Two almond-eyed ringlet or Erebia alberganus butterfly on blades of grass
The tansy beetle (Chrysolina graminis) macro photography. Bug is sitting on the leaf.
Grasshopper plays hide and seek on red leaf.
Killdeer
Leptura quadrifasciata, the spotted longhorn beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. \nAdult beetles are 11–20 mm long, black with four more or less continuous transverse yellow bands. In extreme cases the elytra may be almost entirely black. It is found throughout the Northern and Central Palaearctic region. \nLarvae make meandering galleries in various trees, including oak, beech, birch, willow, alder, elder and spruce. The life cycle lasts two or three years.\nThe adults are very common flower-visitors, especially Apiaceae species, feeding on pollen and the nectar (source Wikipedia). \n\nThis is a common Species in the Netherlands.
butterfly on the flower in spring
Female ruddy darter resting on reed grass.
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