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

$A spring germinated annual, rather like M. altissima, but the flowers white, slightly smaller, 4-5mm, the standard petal longer than the wings and keel. Pod 3-5mm, hairless, greyish brown when ripe.\nHabitat: Open places, especially on arable land and fields, in waste places and alongroadsides, a fairly frequent weed or ruderal, to 1850m.\nFlowering Season: July-September.\nDistribution: Widespread through Europe, more local or rare in Holland and Scandinavia; naturalized in Britain and Belgium.$

A closeup of white Agapanthus orientalis, lily of the Nile.

The most common of hawker dragonflies and can be seen in good numbers when emerged and on the wing into late autumn

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

Santa Cruz is situated in the center of the archipelago and the second largest island after Isabela. Cerro Dragon or Dragon Hill is a small hill located on Santa Cruz in the Galapagos Islands. The name comes from the land Iguanas found there.

A closeup shot of blue flowers of Ajuga reptans Atropurpurea in spring .

Grasshopper plays hide and seek on red leaf.

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

$Tot 36-45mm, Ab 23-38mm, Hw 28-33mm, about the size of Sympetrum striolatum.\nIdentification:\nThe common, small Orthetrum of flowing water throughout Europe. The Keeled Skimmer is characterized by its rather small size, fairly slender tapering abdomen and large pterostigma (around 4mm long).\nBehavior:\n Normally sits on vegetation, seldom on the ground.\nOccurrence:\nCommon around the Mediterranean, but generally local in central and Southern Europe.\nHabitat:\nRunning waters, such as streams and ditches. In north of range mainly runnels in boggy areas.\nFlight Season: \nFrom April to November; most abundant from June to August.\n\nThe Species is quite local in the Netherlands in the described Habitats. This Picture is made on the Veluwe in begin of August 2021 along a small Brook.$

photo of green fly on plant stem. selective focus

Beautiful bloom pink Asoka flower after rain

We landed at Elisabeth bay with our Zodiac boats to explore and watch the Giant tortoises in their natural environment.

Adult Male Acontistid Mantis of the Genus Metaphotina

Orthosiphon aristatus, commonly called Cat’s whiskers, is a plant in Lamiaceae family, native to tropical area of Asia. It is upright trunked, used as a traditional medicinal plant. The plant owes its name (Cat’s whiskers) to its four long white to pale purple stamens, which stick out, looking like a cat’s whiskers.

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

$Tokyo bitterling male adult fish, Pseudorhodeus tanago, but widely known as Tanakia tanago. This species was listed in the 1996 IUCN Red List as \$

Linaria vulgaris common toadflax yellow wild flowers flowering on the meadow, small plants in bloom in the green grass

$Oemleria cerasiformis.\n\nWhite, bell-shaped flowers hang from the Indian plum in early springtime. Forest in southwestern British Columbia.$

A closeup of the beautiful Japanese andromeda

herbal plants or healing herbs - plant in natural environment

Short-horned Grasshopper Nymph of the Tribe Abracrini

Vicia lutea - smooth yellow vetch. Spring wildflowers on a sunny day in the meadow.

Praying mantis is a slow moving insect catcher. when not moving its front legs are folded looking as if its praying. They come in many colors also.

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