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$This 'streamside butterfly' is our most familiar riverine Odonate. It is a variable species and numerous forms have been named.\n\n\n\n\n\n$

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

green dragonfly close up. Macro shots nature scene dragonfly. green dragonfly in the nature habitat. Calopteryx splendens male

Grasshopper on yellow flower petals - animal behavior.

Lepidoptera larvae in the wild, North China

Dragon-fly, view from above, blue - black, big, sitting on a rock, wings spreaded out, USA, Kenai Peninsula

$Tot 30-39mm, Ab 25-32mm, HW 19-23mm.\nOur most delicate Lestes, which is normally easily separated by its statue and coloration, although some Iberian populations recall L. barbarous.\nHabitat: A wide variety of seasonally dry shallow and reedy waters in the south, becoming more critical in the north-west, where it is most abundant in heath and bog lakes with peat moss (Sphagnum) and rushes (Juncus).\nFlight Season: Northern populations mostly emerge in July, flying into November.\nDistribution: Widespread in Europe, although seldom the dominant Lestes species. Distribution recall L. barbarous, and also tends to wander like that species, though rarely in similarly great numbers.\n\nThis Species is to be seen in the describe Habitats, but not as common as L. sponsa in the Netherlands.$

Close-up of a leprous milkweed locust in the wild in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

praying mantis eats a grasshopper close-up on a white background. Hunting in the world of insects. Prey for eating insects

close up of a red dragonfly feeding on a green stem.

earwig in the wild, Beijing Botanical Garden

$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 \$

Closeup of a single orange-yellow beetle clinging to the tip of a grass plant on a green background.

A male Widow Skimmer dragonfly, Libellula luctuosa, with soft blue wing marking indicating a juvenile in early summer. Photographer Bob Balestri dba Joesboy

A male migrant hawker hanging from a bramble in the English countryside.

The Keeled Skimmer is a dragonfly of heaths and commons with shallow pools. It has a skittish and weak flight, and is on the wing in summer and early autumn

A dragonfly is posing on a tree in the garden

$Tot: 45-50mm, Ab 30-37mm, Hw 33-38mm.\nIdentification:\nVery similar to O. cancellatum, with which it is found especially in the south-east, and as far west as France. However, it is sleeker, paler and more contrasting. Named for the contrasting white appendages of both sexes.\nBehavior:\nLike O. cancellatum, male often sits on open ground near the water, making very fast, low flights over the water.\nOccurrence:\nDistribution is patchy, but the species is generally not uncommon, stretching to China and Japan.\nHabitat: Open Ponds and Lakes.\nFlight Season: From the end of May to mid-September.\n\nThis nice Skimmer is photographed during a Vacation in France in May 1990. Scanned from a slide.$

The female praying mantis sits on tree branch masquerading against its background and turns its head looking around. Crimean praying mantis (Ameles heldreichi)

Short-horned Grasshopper Nymph of the Tribe Abracrini

Dragonfly and transparent wings on green leaf.

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