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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
Lepidoptera larvae in the wild, North China
butterfly on the flower
Common Whitetail Dragonfly
Small insect on the ears of barley, selective focus
Insect on branch.
dragonfly female hairy
The Banded Demoiselle can be seen flitting around slow-moving rivers, ponds and lakes. ... Male Banded Demoiselles are metallic blue, with broad, dark blue patches on each wing.
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.
White flowering terminal indeterminate spike inflorescence of Yerba Mansa, Anemopsis Californica, Saururaceae, native perennial monoclinous herb in Big Morongo Canyon Preserve BLM, Little San Bernardino Mountains, Southern Mojave Desert, Springtime.
Pyrgus sidea on the flower
A wasp on a flower head of Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) on a sunny September day.
a female flat-bellied dragonfly (Libellula depressa) perches on a withered branch. In the background a green meadow. There is a lot of space for text. The dragonfly is photographed from above
A male Widow Skimmer dragonfly, Libellula luctuosa, with soft blue wing marking indicating a juvenile in early summer. Photographer Bob Balestri dba Joesboy
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.
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.
Dragon-fly, view from above, blue - black, big, sitting on a rock, wings spreaded out, USA, Kenai Peninsula
Purple Garlic Flower.
butterfly on the flower in spring
Spider hunting insect for food.
Sagittaria trifolia (Threeleaf arrowhead) flowers. Alismataceae perennial water plants. It grows naturally in rice paddies and wetlands, and its three-petaled white flowers bloom in autumn.
<<Green beetle sipping the flower>>
photo of green fly on plant stem. selective focus
Identification:\nTot 57-66mm, Ab 39-49mm, Hw 37-42mm.\nIn flight often confused with the related and similar small A. mixta. Ranges less far north, but also migratory and may be invasive in good summers.\nMales are often observed when making low patrols over drying wetlands, showing their noticeable bright colors. The males vivid blue eyes and abdomen and largely green thorax sides are especially distinctive.\nHabitat: Prefers standing waters that dry up over the course of Summer, often overgrown with low rushes, bulrushes or reeds.\nFlight Season: On average, emerges earlier than A. mixta. Seen mainly from May to August, especially in the later months.\nDistribution: Seldom abundant, and only permanently present around the Mediterranean, but scarce in much of Iberia and North Africa. Hot summer weather may lead to influxes further north. Occurs east to Mongolia.\n\nThis Picture is made in a Fen area in Flevoland in half August 2022 by high Summer temperatures.
A native sugarbag bee flying over a white pignut flower
Tarantula Hawk Wasp; Pepsis pallidolimbata; Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area; Nevada; Mojave Desert; Family Pompilidae; Order Hymenoptera; Insecta; Arthropoda; on Desert Milkweed, Asclepias erosa
butterfly on the flower
Beautiful eye insect on grass leaf.
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Tenthredo scrophulariae (Symphyta sp.) larva, Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
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Pyrochroa cf. coccinea (Cardinal beetle) larva, Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
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Pisaura mirabilis (Pisauridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
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Enicospilus ramidulus (Ichneumonoidea sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 3.jpg
Empis tessellata (Empididae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Chrysomela populi (Chrysomelidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Platystoma seminationis (Platystomatinae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Nemophora degeerella (Longhorn Moth), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Nemophora degeerella (Longhorn Moth), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Anthophila fabriciana (Choreutidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Araniella spec. (Araneae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Urophora cardui (Tephritidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Donacia spec. (Coleoptera sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Lestes spec. (Odonata sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Aglais urticae (Small Tortoiseshell), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Corizus hyoscyami (Rhopalidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Lucilia spec. (Diptera sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Idaea aversata (Riband Wave), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Ochlodes sylvanus (Large skipper), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Chrysotoxum cautum (Syrphidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 3.jpg
Cauchas rufimitrella (Adelidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
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Aeshna isoceles (Aeshnidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Elophila nymphaeata (Crambidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Elophila nymphaeata (Crambidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Radix balthica (Lymnaeidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Radix balthica (Lymnaeidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Stathmopoda pedella (Oecophoridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Lomaspilis marginata (Clouded Border), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Agrilus biguttatus (Coleoptera sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Agrilus biguttatus (Coleoptera sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Sitochroa palealis (Crambidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Aglais io (Inachis io), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Macaria alternata (Geometridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Macaria alternata (Geometridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Anania verbascalis (Crambidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Eysarcoris venustissimus (Pentatomidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Eysarcoris venustissimus (Pentatomidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 3.jpg
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Cantharis decipiens (Cantharidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Cantharis decipiens (Cantharidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 3.jpg
Cantharis decipiens (Cantharidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Closterotomus norwegicus (Miridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Closterotomus norwegicus (Miridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Aelia acuminata (Pentatomidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Tritomegas bicolor (Cydnidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
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Mystacides longicornis (Leptoceridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
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Kleidocerys resedae (Lygaeidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Pyrochroa coccinea (Cardinal beetle), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Pyrochroa coccinea (Cardinal beetle), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Elasmucha grisea (Parent bug), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 3.jpg
Elasmucha grisea (Parent bug), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 4.jpg
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Eriocampa ovata (Tenthredinidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
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Selandria serva (Tenthredinidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
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