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Vipernatter hunting and eating a fish, Natrix maura, Italy - great detail
European Tortoise Bug (Eurygaster maura) on an ear of wheat in a crop field.
Mormo maura, the old lady or black underwing, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae. It is found in the Palearctic realm, from north-western Africa through all over southern Europe. It reaches its northern border in the west in northern Ireland and central Scotland, in central Europe, in northern Germany and Poland. In some Nordic countries, there are single finds. \nDescription:\nThe wingspan is 55–65 mm. The length of the forewings is 30–36 mm. Forewing dull fuscous blackish, the median area usually darker; the paler ground colour being really ochreous grey, thickly dusted with fuscous; subbasal line double, forming two series of groups of black scales across basal area; inner and outer lines double, filled in with pale, both oblique basewards below vein 1; median vein and its branches pale; subcostal space with five black blotches above median area; orbicular stigma large, oblique, pale with dark dusting; reniform dark with pale outline, widened outwards on both sides below; submarginal line pale preceded by a dark fuscous shade, angled outwards above and below middle; apical area above vein 6 pale grey; hindwing dull fuscous, with a straight pale band beyond middle, followed by a broad black striata, subterminal border, outwardly edged by a pale submarginal line.\nBiology:\nThe moth flies in one generation from mid-June to mid-September. \nThe larva are pale ochreous, clouded with darker; dorsal and subdorsal lines whitish, irregular, with oblique pale darker-edged streaks between; spiracles reddish above a yellow line above the feet; on the 11th segment, there is a yellowish-white black-edged transverse stripe. The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants in the early stages (Salix, Alnus, Rumex, Senecio, Taraxacum) later it feeds on various deciduous trees and shrubs (source Wikipedia).
Santa Maura Island (Lefkada) on an old 1790's map. Lefkada is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of Greece. Selective focus and Canon EOS 5D Mark II with MP-E 65mm macro lens.
Two hands with wedding ring on a sunny day
Two leaves of a plant in a forest
Tiny Natrix maura in a stream with iron deposits
Lighthouse on the wall in Agia Maura, Levkas
Public park with animals. Celebes macaque (Macaca maura). Habitat Mainly tropical forests in southwest Sulawesi. Also known as crested black macaques.
Mormo maura, the old lady or black underwing, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae. It is found in the Palearctic realm, from north-western Africa through all over southern Europe. It reaches its northern border in the west in northern Ireland and central Scotland, in central Europe, in northern Germany and Poland. In some Nordic countries, there are single finds. \nDescription:\nThe wingspan is 55–65 mm. The length of the forewings is 30–36 mm. Forewing dull fuscous blackish, the median area usually darker; the paler ground colour being really ochreous grey, thickly dusted with fuscous; subbasal line double, forming two series of groups of black scales across basal area; inner and outer lines double, filled in with pale, both oblique basewards below vein 1; median vein and its branches pale; subcostal space with five black blotches above median area; orbicular stigma large, oblique, pale with dark dusting; reniform dark with pale outline, widened outwards on both sides below; submarginal line pale preceded by a dark fuscous shade, angled outwards above and below middle; apical area above vein 6 pale grey; hindwing dull fuscous, with a straight pale band beyond middle, followed by a broad black striata, subterminal border, outwardly edged by a pale submarginal line.\nBiology:\nThe moth flies in one generation from mid-June to mid-September. \nThe larva are pale ochreous, clouded with darker; dorsal and subdorsal lines whitish, irregular, with oblique pale darker-edged streaks between; spiracles reddish above a yellow line above the feet; on the 11th segment, there is a yellowish-white black-edged transverse stripe. The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants in the early stages (Salix, Alnus, Rumex, Senecio, Taraxacum) later it feeds on various deciduous trees and shrubs (source Wikipedia).
An adult woman taking a selfie with her mobile phone in a flowered field. She is wearing jeans and a sun hat
Old Lady moth (Mormo maura) adult at rest on lichen covered branch\n\nEccles-on-Sea, Norfolk, UK. August
Closeup on a Tortoise shieldbug (Eurygaster maura) sitting on wood
Plant vines background
Purple flower up close
Waterfall in Colorado
Adult bee fly (Hemipenthes maura) sitting on a plant
Palma de Mallorca, Spain; august 06 2023: Bronze public sculpture in homage to the Majorcan politic Antonio Maura. Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Fort of Santa Maura, Lefkada, Greece
Natural detailed closeup on the old lady or black underwing owlet moth, Mormo maura
Ancient building in Turkey
Taken with vintage film gloomy tree
a male moor macaque at the forest edge full sun
Beautiful sunset
Rice field in west borneo
Viperine water snake or Natrix Maura swimming in a lake in the south of France
Viperine water snake crawling away, Natrix maura, nonvenomous and Semiaquatic snake, Isolated on white
A close-up shot of a Hemipenthes maura on a dirty surface
Holy bread
Viperine water snake, Natrix maura, Shedding Skin UK Molting, nonvenomous and Semiaquatic snake, Isolated on white
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