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Unique macro of a female Maybug in wildlife a split of a second before taking off. These animals \
Small insect on the ears of barley, selective focus
green dragonfly close up. Macro shots nature scene dragonfly. green dragonfly in the nature habitat. Calopteryx splendens male
This small butterfly is a Juniper Hairstreak. It was photographed at the H.E. Flanagan Prairie in Western Arkansas in mid-July. It is feeding on Rattlesnake Master.
Green rose chafer between white dog rose blossoms
Dark blue dragonfly sitting on a branch
earwig in the wild, Beijing Botanical 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.
Dragon-fly, view from above, blue - black, big, sitting on a rock, wings spreaded out, USA, Kenai Peninsula
Wood anemones in a nature reserve woodland.
A beautiful brown butterfly sits on a blooming oregano.
This Gray Hairstreak butterfly was photographed feeding on Rattlesnake Master in the H.E. Flanagan Prairie in Western Arkansas.
A Green Rose Chafer on a pink Spiraea japonica flower in nature
butterfly on the 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.
Male White-fronted Chat (Epthianura albifrons)
Beetle from family Laemophloeidae, genus Cryptolestes found on Mauritius under the bark.
Neoalosterna capitata Beetle on a flower in the Laurentian forest.
Blue Milkweed Beetle Parheminodes pulcher standing on a stem.
Blue dragonfly - Coenagrion
Pyrgus sidea on the flower
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 closeup of the meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) on a purple flower
Macro shot of a grasshopper in grass
Small Common Blue Butterfly perched on Golden Diosma.
On the drought plagued short grass prairies in southeast Colorado, a rare and threatened species, the mountain plover, known as \
Adult Firefly Beetle of the Family Lampyridae
Common Whitetail Dragonfly
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