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detail of single orchid blossoming, picture taken in glasshouse

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

Small insect on the ears of barley, selective focus

Broad-leaved cattail is native flower in north America. Broadleaf cattail, bulrush, common bulrush, common cattail

Insect on the plant with morning moisture, green, water

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

$Low to medium, rather variable, rhizomatous, hairless perennial with fans of fleshy, sword-shaped leaves, basal often orange-tinged; stem leaves small and bract-like, the upper larger than the lower. Flowers greenish-yellow or orange-yellow, 10-16mmstarry, in a rather lax spike like raceme; filaments of stamens densely hairy. Fruit a small narrow, elliptical capsule, to 12mm long.\nHabitat: Bogs and wet acid heaths and moors, to 1200m.\nFlowering Season: July-September.\nDistribution: Throughout Europe, except the far north.\nGenerally regarded as poisonous, especially to livestock.\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation to Ireland in July 2022.$

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.

Venus Slipper Orchid - Orchidaceae Paphiopedilume, can be found among the humus layers of the forest floor but are also often cultivated by orchid enthusiats. It's more common cousin is the wild Lady Slipper.

$Floraison des Orchis bouc\nHimantoglossum hircinum en fleur$

$Short perennial, the stem with several brown sheaths at the base. Leaves oblong, keeled, shiny-green, the upper leaves smaller and bract-like. Bracts membranous, shorter than the ovary. Flowers greenish-yellow, often with reddish margins and streaks, borne in a slender spike, often many-flowered, each flower manikin-like, with the sepals and petals forming a close hood; lip 12-15mm, pendent, the lateral lobes forming short, narrow ‘arms’ and the central lobe divided into narrow legs; spurless.\nHabitat: Grassland, field boundaries, abandoned quarries, banks and open scrub, rarely along woodland margins, on calcareous soils, to 1500m.\nFlowering Season: May-June.\nDistribution: S & SE Britain, Belgium, Holland, France and Germany.\n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the Eifel (Germany) in June 2019.$