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Small, perfectly formed Yellow Mayfly rests on a riverside stone.

A spotted sandpiper in non-breeding plumage on a dried branch on a beach in Costa Rica.

Hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) hovering at butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii), with the focus on its spiraled, pollen-covered proboscis. Taken in a Connecticut flower garden, summer.

A male Wire-crested Thorntail Hummingbird is seen perching on a branch of a Stachytarpheta flower. The male pictured has a glittering green crown with a thin hair-like crest. Its gorget is iridescent green, the flanks brownish with a white patch, and the rest of the underparts black. The tail is steely blue with white feather shafts, deeply forked, and the outer feathers are very narrow which with the crest give the species its common name

Large walnut aphid (Panaphis juglandis) on the upper side of leaf of walnut (Juglans regia) nymphs and adults.

A male White-throated Mountaingem or White-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis castaneoventris) in the mountains of western Panama. This bird is endemic to western Panama.

Himalayan Popinjay butterfly, Stibochiona nicea nicea, Satakha, Nagaland, India

A beautiful skipper butterfly, Two-barred flasher, in the jungle of Guatemala.

Adult Damselfly Insect of the Suborder Zygoptera

Male common whitetail (Plathemis lydia) on rock. A North American dragonfly.

A close up of the butterfly (Limenitis populi ussuriensis) on moss.

Closed up small beautiful bee-eater bird, juvenile Red-bearded bee-eater, uprisen angle view, side shot, perching on the branch of tropical tree in the morning under the clear sky, in nature of tropical rainforest, national park in central Thailand.

Male Asian emerald cuckoo perching on the branch , Thailand

Beautiful colorful Banded Demoiselle sitting on grass straw by a river

Common Blue or Polyommatus icarus, Small blue butterfly

$Tot 42-45mm, Ab. 25-29mm, Hw 32-38mm.\n\nGeneral: A local species throughout our area that prefers slow-moving waters, bordered with tall emergent vegetation. The appearance of the male changes dramatically with maturation; vivid orange abdomen turn into black and grey-blue territorial males. \nMales frequently perch on waterside plants, making darting flights between perches.\nHabitat: Appears to require a certain combination of water quality and habitat structure (such as Reed borders). Include slow flowing rivers and streams, abandoned canals, reedy lakes and ditches, oxbows and fishponds.\nFlight Season: From April to early August, but activity concentrated in May and June in most of range.\nDistribution: Widespread through M Europe, habitat specific, therefore locally common.\n\nIn the Netherlands the Dragonfly is local common. The Males have a blue Abdomen.$

Close-up photo of two blue dragonflies sitting on green leaves. Of which 1 in the foreground and the other a bit out of focus on the green background.

Polites peckius, the Peck's skipper, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae, subfamily Hesperiinae.

$Eastern Pondhawk\n(Erythemis simplicicollis) often preying on other dragonflies their size. They are the only skimmer species with a green face$

One Adonis blue butterfly on a wild meadow flower ready to fly close up macro.The butterfly sits on the cannabis leaves. Beautiful summer meadow wallpaper.

During a walk in a park I found this beautiful azure damselfly sitting next to sea roses.

$Field characters: Tot 44-50mm, Ab 29-35mm, Hw 35-41mm.\n\nKnown as 'blue arrows', the males of this active species, sheering fast and low above water or perching on open ground beside it, are one of the most familiar dragonfly sights in our area.\nRange and Status: Found throughout our area, with the exception of the northern Scandinavia. one of the most common species.\nHabitat: Larger standing or slow-flowing waters, generally open and often with margins without vegetation, such as lakes, sandpits, rivers and canals.\nFlight Season: From the end of April to the beginning of September, most abundant from June to August.\n\nThis is a common Species on the described Habitats in the Netherlands.$

A dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, infraorder Anisoptera. Adult dragonflies are characterized by large, multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong, transparent wings, sometimes with coloured patches, and an elongated body.

a Hummingbird feeds near Cosanga, Ecuador

A blue damselfly (not a dragonfly, no matter how often I call it one) sitting on a wet rock. The rock is in a pond but you can't see that.

Head-on view of a white peacock butterfly on a leaf

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