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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
Small insect on the ears of barley, selective focus
earwig in the wild, Beijing Botanical Garden
Neoalosterna capitata Beetle on a flower in the Laurentian forest.
green dragonfly close up. Macro shots nature scene dragonfly. green dragonfly in the nature habitat. Calopteryx splendens male
Image of Grasshopper on green leaf close up.
Pyrgus sidea on the flower
Ladybug on grass in sunrise. Morning dew fell on the grass and Ladybug
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.
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.
Green rose chafer between white dog rose blossoms
Ant climbing Water Lily's petal - animal behavior.
Macro beetle Leptura fulva on thistle Eryngium genus
Green grass background with  insect, selective focus, canon 1Ds mark III
Polyommatus dorylas  on the flower
Common Whitetail Dragonfly
White flowers of Torilis japonica - Japanese Hedge Parsley close up. Selective focus
A Back-Lit Spider Wrapping An Earwig In it's Silk.
Beetle from family Laemophloeidae, genus Cryptolestes found on Mauritius under the bark.
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 \
Blue Milkweed Beetle Parheminodes pulcher standing on a stem.
A wasp on a flower head of Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) on a sunny September day.
butterfly on the flower
Green bottle fly on a leaf.
Bumblebee perched on a thistle flower in summer
Insect on branch.
Adult Firefly Beetle of the Family Lampyridae
Leptura quadrifasciata, the spotted longhorn beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. \nAdult beetles are 11–20 mm long, black with four more or less continuous transverse yellow bands. In extreme cases the elytra may be almost entirely black. It is found throughout the Northern and Central Palaearctic region. \nLarvae make meandering galleries in various trees, including oak, beech, birch, willow, alder, elder and spruce. The life cycle lasts two or three years.\nThe adults are very common flower-visitors, especially Apiaceae species, feeding on pollen and the nectar (source Wikipedia). \n\nThis is a common Species in the Netherlands.
Closeup on a small dark black longhorn beetle, Stenurella nigra sitting on a yellow flower in the field
Purple Garlic Flower.
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