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butterfly on the flower
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
Close up view of Vanessa Atalanta above sprouts.
Painted Lady perched on flower head
An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail in Dover, Tennessee
Comma butterfly on budding goose-berry.
Dragon-fly, view from above, blue - black, big, sitting on a rock, wings spreaded out, USA, Kenai Peninsula
a pipevine swallowtail on a bush
butterfly on the flower in spring
The photo shows orange/yellow cosmos flowers and a butterfly called Argyreus hyperbius / Indian fritillary.\nNative to Mexico, cosmos sulphureus which is commonly called yellow cosmos is now grown all over including North America, Asia and Europe. This annual plant produces daisy-like flowers with flower colors ranging from yellow to orange to scarlet red. Orange cosmos normally blooms in summer and early autumn in Japan with butterflies circling around the flowers.
A beautiful brown butterfly sits on a blooming oregano.
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.
Specimen of Vanessa Cardui
American Lady butterfly photographed on Gayfeather at the H.E. Flanagan Prairie in Western Arkansas.
Little orange butterfly on meadow
black-necked starling and bald-headed starling
butterfly on the flower in spring
Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) adult resting on the ground with wings closed\n\nWinterton, Norfolk, UK.          May
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 extreme closeup shot of a butterfly with beautifully textured wings sitting on a plant with bubbly effects
A stock photo of a hummingbird perched on a tree branch. Photographed in Las Vegas, Nevada using a Canon EOS 5DSR and 300mm f2.8 IS L with 2x extender.
Essex skipper or European skipper butterfly - Thymelicus lineola sucks with its trunk nectar from a Carthusian pink blossom - Dianthus carthusianorum
An amazing variety of tropical birdlife and tropical wildlife and animals can be found along the banks of the Tarcoles River that feeds into the Pacific Ocean on the west coast of Costa Rica
butterfly on the flower
Blue Butterfly Macro
A Butterfly papilio machaon on the grass in Summer
French Duke (Bassarona franciae / Euthalia franciae) found in Asia
green dragonfly close up. Macro shots nature scene dragonfly. green dragonfly in the nature habitat. Calopteryx splendens male
Common Whitetail Dragonfly
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