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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
Puffin on the coast of England in the golden hour sun
butterfly on the flower
Ajax On
Small insect on the ears of barley, selective focus
A puffin sits in the green grass
Common Whitetail Dragonfly
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.
Spectacular metallic green Rose Chafer beetle, closeup. Latin: Cetonia urata. Short depth of focus
Seagull attacks
Pyrgus sidea on the flower
A Bonaparte's gull in flight.
Western Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) walking in grass with hoarfrost. This is an extremely rare species in The Netherlands, the second ever
Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Puffin with its beak mouth open, in Iceland
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.
Dingy skipper Erynnis tages butterfly pollinating in purple blooming lavender flowers.
Blue dragonfly - Coenagrion
butterfly on the flower
A wasp on a flower head of Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) on a sunny September day.
Close-up of dor beetle (earth-boring dung-beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius)) on the ground floor
A male Widow Skimmer dragonfly, Libellula luctuosa, with soft blue wing marking indicating a juvenile in early summer. Photographer Bob Balestri dba Joesboy
Atlantic puffin on Machias Seal Island, off the coast of Maine.
Identification:\nTot 57-66mm, Ab 39-49mm, Hw 37-42mm.\nIn flight often confused with the related and similar small A. mixta. Ranges less far north, but also migratory and may be invasive in good summers.\nMales are often observed when making low patrols over drying wetlands, showing their noticeable bright colors. The males vivid blue eyes and abdomen and largely green thorax sides are especially distinctive.\nHabitat: Prefers standing waters that dry up over the course of Summer, often overgrown with low rushes, bulrushes or reeds.\nFlight Season: On average, emerges earlier than A. mixta. Seen mainly from May to August, especially in the later months.\nDistribution: Seldom abundant, and only permanently present around the Mediterranean, but scarce in much of Iberia and North Africa. Hot summer weather may lead to influxes further north. Occurs east to Mongolia.\n\nThis Picture is made in a Fen area in Flevoland in half August 2022 by high Summer temperatures.
A native sugarbag bee flying over a white pignut flower
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Bird, Paradise Island, The Bahamas.
butterfly on the flower in spring
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