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Pyrgus sidea on the flower
A closeup shot of a marsh fritillary butterfly perched on a flower on a blurred background
Field characters: Tot 56-64mm, Ab 43-54mm, Hw 37-42mm. Distinctly smaller than most Aeshna species.\n\nThe commonest small hawker. Numerous in much of our area, and although it can be on the wing during most months in the Mediterranean, further north it is especially associated with late summer and autumn, when it may appear in massive migrations. It is usually identified by its size, relative dull colours and the diagnostic yellow \
A male migrant hawker hanging from a bramble in the English countryside.
Photo of an original antique print from the Glimpses of the World by John L. Stoddard published in 1892.
Dragonfly closeup
30 august 2022, Basse Yutz, Yutz, Thionville Portes de France, Moselle, Lorraine, Grand Est, France. In a public park, at the edge of a body of water, a male Common Scarlet-darter landed on a reed leaf.
Extreme closeup of dragonfly in the wild
Zerynthia cerisyi on the flower
The animal
Shimmering vibrant colours and diversity of species such as this Banded Peacock butterfly, marks Costa Rica as one of the principal Central America countries with a coastal territory and tropical rainforest that hosts migration from north America and south America to give it unparalleled numbers and variation of birdlife
Large Chequered Skipper  (Heteropterus morpheus)
Tot 42-45mm, Ab. 25-29mm, Hw 32-38mm.\n\nGeneral: A local species throughout our area that prefers slow-moving waters, bordered with tall emergent vegetation. The appearance of the male changes dramatically with maturation; vivid orange abdomen turn into black and grey-blue territorial males. \nMales frequently perch on waterside plants, making darting flights between perches.\nHabitat: Appears to require a certain combination of water quality and habitat structure (such as Reed borders). Include slow flowing rivers and streams, abandoned canals, reedy lakes and ditches, oxbows and fishponds.\nFlight Season: From April to early August, but activity concentrated in May and June in most of range.\nDistribution: Widespread through M Europe, habitat specific, therefore locally common.\n\nIn the Netherlands the Dragonfly is local common. The Males have a blue Abdomen.
Macro closeup of Blue Dasher female dragonfly, Pachydiplax longipennis, in garden
A Damselfly at rest
Nemoptera coa is a Palearctic genus of insects of the family Nemopteridae or spoonwings.
Vivid Dancer Damelfly, Argia vivida, Audubon Mayacamas Mountain Sanctuary, Sonoma County, California, bright blue, in tandem, tandem flight. Mateing,
butterfly on the flower in spring
A clearwing hummingbird visits a Buddleja davidii flower in August in the Laurentian Forest.
Isolated male of broad-winged tiger moth with clipping path
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.
Also known as Trapezites Symmomus Rush-skipper and Splendid Ochre, perched on a leaf
Scotch Argus butterfly (Erebia aethiops) isolated on white background
A Small Skipper basking on a long stem of grass.
Butterfly from Bhutan. The butterfly is dull black above with slim, wavy, cream-coloured striations running vertically across the wings. Above, the hindwing has a prominent, large tornal patch with yellow-orange lunules bordering the tails, central bluish-black patches with white ocelli and a crimson post-discal band on the inner edge. Included clipping path.
Original antique photograph of Barge on a canal running through a town, 1890s, 19th Century.  Location unknow, Holland ?
Female ruddy darter resting on reed grass.
The Rosy underwing (Catocala electa), an European Moth isolated on white background
Tot 35-44mm, Ab 20-30mm, Hw 24-30mm.\nOne of the larger Sympetrum species. In the field, males may be noticed because they seldom become as deeply red as other species and have a rather parallel-sided abdomen.\nHabitat: Wide range of places, especially preferring warm, stagnant waters. These are often shallow and bare, this species being a pioneer of newly created ponds. Occasionally in flowing or brackish water.\nFlight Season: May be seen all year in the Mediterranean. In Northern Europe, appears from early June, becoming abundant in July and flying into November. One of the last dragonflies to be encountered in autumn.\nDistribution: Common in most of our area, becoming less common relative to S. vulgatum in a north-easterly direction. Extends to Japan. Migrations are often seen and are sometimes massive.\n\nThis is a common Species in the Netherlands.
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