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Carterocephalus palaemon - butterfly on the flower, green background
Butterfly on a leaf looking for food.
butterfly 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 bright blue-eyed dragonfly rests on a Buttonbush on a very warm summer morning near a lake in Texas, possibily a Blue Dasher or Pachydiplax longipennis. Notice how the leaf's point has an odd similarity to a shark's profile.
green dragonfly close up. Macro shots nature scene dragonfly. green dragonfly in the nature habitat. Calopteryx splendens male
Common Whitetail Dragonfly
A macro photography of a common fruit fly standing on top of a leaf rubbing its frontal feet
A male Widow Skimmer dragonfly, Libellula luctuosa, with soft blue wing marking indicating a juvenile in early summer. Photographer Bob Balestri dba Joesboy
Pyrgus sidea 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.
Macro picture of a butterfly in the Faroe Islands
Green bottle fly on a leaf.
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
Close-up of a skipper butterfly in the forest. Pelopidas assamensis, the great swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae
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.
butterfly on the flower in spring
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.
Red Admiral Butterfly on a Stinging Nettle
Macro shot of a dragonfly flying
A closeup shot of a fly sitting on a flower and collecting nectar
wild fly
An excellent example of a female Two-tailed pasha butterfly - Charaxes jasius on a fig tree, one of its favorite habitats. Oeiras, Portugal.
Zerynthia cerisyi 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 \
An orange and black butterfly, sitting on a clover flower in a meadow on a sunny summer day.
Blue narrow-winged damselfly, Argia pulla, resting on a leaf. Santo Domingo, Heredia, Costa Rica.
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