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The raspberry cane borer is a lepidopteran that is extremely harmful to raspberries.

Amazing small flowers of the nature. Bunch of flowers growth from the tree trunk. The Cynometra cauliflora is in bloom, a flower that is increasingly difficult to find Cynometra cauliflora is a small, cauliflorous tree with a thick, heavily branched stem, and rather small flowers

a fly larva clings to a roack in the Middle Fork of the Flathead River, Montana

A white-spotted longhorn beetle appeared in the copse, photographed in Izumi Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.

$Tot 50-55mm, Ab, 37-42mm, Hw 30-35mm.\nIdentification:\nThe characters of this clubtail are rather different . It prefers very large (lowland) rivers and may easily be overlooked. Populations can best be found by searching for exuviae on river banks.\nOccurrence:\nA north Asian species, with western outposts in large rivers such as the Rhine, Loire and Po. Common in large lowland rivers in eastern Europe, but staged a strong comeback in Western Europe in the 1990s. Now abundant in rivers such as the Rhine, Elbe and Danube, right down to their estuaries.\nHabitat:\nSlow flowing lower sections of large rivers with sandy beds. Larvae burrow shallowly in fine substrates with relatively high concentrations of organic matter.\nFlight Season:\nLate and protracted, compared with other Gomphus species, from early June to early October, with maximum emergence in June and July.\n\nThis is a scarce Gomphus Species along the large Dutch Rivers. This Picture is made along the River Waal, near “Slot Loevestein” in the Province of Gelderland.$

Horse chestnut Leaf-miner (Cameraria ohridella), a tiny orange micro-moth and pest, sitting on the trunk of horse-chestnut tree.

Detailed closeup on the Coronet owlet moth, Craniophora ligustri sitting on wood

Clausiliidae Door Snail. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Image of a Giant Stonefly photographed near Yankee Meadows in Dixie National Forest, Utah.

Leaves and flowers of the Chilean endemic, evergreen shrub called Vautro (Baccharis macraei), growing on sand dunes close to the ocean near Santo Domingo in central Chile. The species has succulent leaves and is adapted to very low water requirements.

Burying beetle - Nicrophorus (=Necrophorus) - living on carrion, here in the thuringian forest

$A rather delicate, low, hairless, rhizomatous perennial forming carpets; stem slender, erect, unbranched. Basal leaves 2-ternate, with oval or oblong lobes, long stalked; stem leaves one pair, ternate, the segments trilobed. Flowers greenish, in small clusters, 6-8mm across, each normally with 5 flowers. Fruit greenish, but seldom produced.\nHabitat: Shady places on moist soils, to 2400m.\nFlowering Season: April-May.\nDistribution: Throughout Europe, except the far North.\n\nThis is a quite scarce Species in the described Habitats in the Eastern and Southern Parts of the Netherlands.$

Flatheaded pine borer, a common European Jewel beetle (Chalcophora mariana). A large and metallic beetle occurring in European lowland forests.

A wild Mandrake plant, Mandragora sp,. in the Marismas de Barbate, southen Andalucia, Spain. The taxonomy of this plant species is not settled with some people regarding it as Autumn Mandrake, Mandragora autumnalis, but others placing it as Mandragora officinarum. The Mandrake genus is part of the Nightshade family, Solanaceae.

Natural closeup on a colorful Red-necked Footman moth, Atolmis rubricollis, sitting on wood

Wild Ginger, Asarum caudatum, Van Damme State Park on the Northern California Coast; Taxonomy Family Aristolochiaceae

Valeriana officinalis - Real valerian. Common name, Valerian.

Waste grain beetle - Alphitophagus bifasciatus is a species of beetle belonging to the family Tenebrionidae. Pest in food warehouses and homes. Beetle in decayed grain, cereal seed.

Salvia is largest genus of plants in the sage family Lamiaceae. Within the Lamiaceae, Salvia is part of the tribe Mentheae within the subfamily Nepetoideae. Salvia officinalis, common sage, or sage

$Amblypygid - Phrynus, Amblypygi is an order of invertebrate animals belonging to the class Arachnida, in the subphylum Chelicerata of the phylum Arthropoda. Amblypygids are also known as tailless whip scorpions. Murud, Konkan, Maharashtra, India.\$

Ligia occidentalis is a species of rock slater in the family Ligiidae. Habitat generalist of rocky shores. Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Small cabbage white butterfly chrysalis Pieris rapae, cocoon

With transparent wings, a caddisfly perches on granite boulder along the South Platte River in Waterton Canyon, Littleton, Colorado.

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Lasioglossum_paraforbesii,_F,_face,_Pennington_Co.,_S._Dakota_2014-01-10-15.44.01_ZS_PMax.jpg

Nomada_aquilarium,_F,_Side,_ND,_Stutsman_County_2014-01-09-15.19.59_ZS_PMax.jpg

Andrena_barbilabis,_F,_Face,_PG_Co,_MD_2014-02-05-16.41.14_ZS_PMax.jpg

Osmia_lignaria,_F,_Back,_Washington,_DC_2013-11-13-10.49.51_ZS_PMax.jpg

Perdita_sexmaculata,_back_2012-07-31-19.26.45_ZS_PMax.jpg

Wasp_3,_U,_side,_Wyoming,_Park_County_2013-04-09-15.15.50_ZS_PMax.jpg

Thyreus_wallacei,_m,_face,_philippines,_mt_banahaw_2014-07-15-18.47.38_ZS_PMax.jpg

Lasioglossum_longifrons,_F,_Face,_Georgia,_Camden_County_2014-04-17-13.06.38_ZS_PMax.jpg

Lasioglossum_admirandum,_F,_Face,_WI,_Eau_Claire_County_2014-03-11-18.18.15_ZS_PMax.jpg

Megachile_frugalis,_M,_Face,_Pg_County,_MD_2014-01-30-11.10.08_ZS_PMax.jpg

Megachile_frugalis,_M,_Back,_Pg_County,_MD_2014-01-30-11.02.17_ZS_PMax.jpg

Dianthidium_floridiense,_Female,_Back,_Florida,_Broward_County_2013-11-15-17.56.16_ZS_PMax.jpg

Nomada_aquilarium,_F,_Face,_ND,_Stutsman_County_2014-01-09-15.09.24_ZS_PMax.jpg

Andrena_barbilabis,_F,_Back,_PG_Co,_MD_2014-02-05-10.58.17_ZS_PMax.jpg

Andrena_ziziaformis,_M,_Face,_VA,_Giles_County_2014-01-31-17.00.50_ZS_PMax.jpg

Agapostemon_sericeus,_F,_Back,_MD,_PG_County_2014-01-31-16.16.17_ZS_PMax.jpg

Agapostemon_melliventris,_F,_side,_Shannon_Co.,_S._Dakota_2014-01-10-15.06.29_ZS_PMax.jpg

Andrena_ziziaformis,_M,_Side,_VA,_Giles_County_2014-01-31-17.09.55_ZS_PMax.jpg

Agapostemon_coloradinus,_F,_back,_Shannon_Co.,_S._Dakota_2014-01-09-14.23.04_ZS_PMax.jpg

Nomada_aquilarium,_F,_Back,_ND,_Stutsman_County_2014-01-09-15.01.25_ZS_PMax.jpg

Andrena_asteroides,_F,_Side,_MD,_Charles_Co_2013-08-20-08.44.04_ZS_PMax.jpg

Melitta_americana,_M,_Side,_North_Carolina,_Moore_County_2014-01-02-17.21.56_ZS_PMax.jpg

Agapostemon_melliventris,_F,_face,_Shannon_Co.,_S._Dakota_2014-01-10-15.00.04_ZS_PMax.jpg

Andrena_barbilabis,_F,_Side,_PG_Co,_MD_2014-02-05-16.47.01_ZS_PMax.jpg

Agapostemon_sericeus,_F,_Face,_MD,_PG_County_2014-01-31-16.22.08_ZS_PMax.jpg

Agapostemon_melliventris,_F,_back,_Shannon_Co.,_S._Dakota_2014-01-10-14.50.52_ZS_PMax.jpg

Andrena_ziziaformis,_M,_Back,_VA_Giles_County_2014-01-31-16.53.57_ZS_PMax.jpg

Melitta_americana,_M,_Face,_North_Carolina,_Moore_County_2014-01-02-17.13.20_ZS_PMax.jpg

Agapostemon_virescens,_M,_face,_Mesa_Co,._Colorado_2014-01-08-14.46.52_ZS_PMax.jpg

Lasioglossum_zonulum,_M,_Back,_PA,_Lackawanna_County_2013-08-09-17.06.02_ZS_PMax.jpg

Osmia_georgica,_F,_Face,_Carroll_Co._MD_2013-07-23-15.38.23_ZS_PMax.jpg

Apis_mellifera,_Queen,_face,_MD,_Talbot_County_2013-09-30-17.40.47_ZS_PMax.jpg

Epeolus_erigeronis,_M,_Back,_NC,_Moore_County_2013-09-25-18.39.23_ZS_PMax.jpg

Sphecodes_species,_F,_Back,_MD,_Cecil_County_2013-07-08-18.53.35_ZS_PMax.jpg

Lasioglossum_parvum,_F,_Side,_Puerto_Rico_2013-07-05-16.34.09_ZS_PMax.jpg

Hylaeus_wootoni,_female,_back2_2012-08-01-13.25.19_ZS_PMax.jpg

Nomada_pilipes,_F,_Face,Dominican_Republic,_La_Ve_jarabacoa_2012-12-05-14.53.33_ZS_PMax.jpg

Nomada_luteola,_F,_side,_Maryland,_Somerset_County_2013-02-06-14.49.08_ZS_PMax.jpg

Hylaeus_wootoni,_female,_back1_2012-08-01-13.16.14_ZS_PMax.jpg

Andrena_nasonii,_M,_face,_New_York,_Kings_County_2013-02-07-14.25.36_ZS_PMax.jpg

Andrena_frigida,_male,_back_2012-08-02-18.22.04_ZS_PMax.jpg

Lasioglossum_taylorae,_F,_back2_2013-01-04-15.10.02_ZS_PMax.jpg

Augochlorella_aurata,_back,_Camden_County,_Georgia_2013-01-10-13.52.33_ZS_PMax.jpg

Andrena_alleghaniensis,_U,_face_2013-01-04-14.04.46_ZS_PMax.jpg

Andrena_banksi,_female,_face_2012-08-06-16.32.54_ZS_PMax.jpg

Andrena_commoda,_female,_back_2012-08-02-17.55.47_ZS_PMax.jpg

Perdita_albihirta_geraeae,_female,_face_2012-08-01-14.32.14_ZS_PMax.jpg

Sphecodes,-female,-face_2012-07-13-18.56.19-ZS-PMax.jpg

Coelioxys_sodalis,_F,_back,_Maine,_Hancock_County_2013-03-15-14.00.59_ZS_PMax.jpg

Lasioglossum_taylorae,_F,_face_2013-01-04-15.22.40_ZS_PMax.jpg

Osmia_virga,_F,_Back,_MA,_Barnstable_County_2014-04-11-11.35.12_ZS_PMax.jpg

Melissodes_denticulata,_F,_Side,_Carroll_Co.,_MD2_2013-11-20-16.54.48_ZS_PMax.jpg

Nomada_superba,_M,_side,_West_Virginia,_Pleasants_County_2013-03-12-16.13.31_ZS_PMax.jpg

Bombus_citrinus,_Male,_Side,_Cecil_County,_MD_2013-11-14-08.52.58_ZS_PMax.jpg

Megachile_parallela,_F,_side,_Tennessee,_Haywood_County_2013-01-22-15.01.46_ZS_PMax.jpg

Andrena_barbilabris,_U,_Labrum,_MD,_Howard_County_2013-08-16-17.59.43_ZS_PMax.jpg

Centris_lanipes,_F,_Side,_Puerto_Rico_2013-07-05-16.13.01_ZS_PMax.jpg

Melissodes_trifasciata,_F,_Side,_Puerto_Rico_2013-07-03-15.48.07_ZS_PMax.jpg

Andrena_nivalis,_F,_Face,Giles_Co,_VA_2014-02-05-16.59.35_ZS_PMax.jpg

Anthophora_tricolor,_M,_Back,_Puerto_Rico_2013-07-03-14.18.37_ZS_PMax.jpg

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Vespidae_2,_F,_side,_Wyoming,_Park_County_2013-03-15-14.48.25_ZS_PMax.jpg

Andrena_asteroides,_U,_Side,_PG_county,_MD_2013-07-12-15.09.24_ZS_PMax.jpg

Polistes_exclamans,_U,_Head_2013-04-18-11.26.24_ZS_PMax.jpg

Halictus_confusus,_F,_Face,_VA,_Wolftrap_2013-06-26-16.47.14_ZS_PMax.jpg

Holcopasites_calliopsidis,_M,_Back,_MD,_Carroll_County_2013-07-24-15.18.08_ZS_PMax.jpg

Holcopasites_calliopsidis,_M,_Face,_MD,_Carroll_County_2013-07-24-15.23.22_ZS_PMax.jpg

Wasp,_F,_face,_Utah,_Garfield_County_2013-04-23-14.37.34_ZS_PMax.jpg

Anthophora_tricolor,_M,_Face,_Puerto_Rico_2013-07-03-14.27.24_ZS_PMax.jpg

Megachile_texana,_F,_Back,_MD,_Baltimore_2013-06-25.17.54.37_ZS_PMax.jpg

Coelioxys_sodalis,_F,_side,_Maine,_Hancock_County_2013-03-15-14.19.27_ZS_PMax.jpg

Dufourea_marginata,_female,_face_clean.jpg

Agapostemon_species,_U,_side,_Dominican_Republic_2012-11-20-14.47.jpg

Augochlorella_aurata,_face,_Camden_County,_Georgia_2013-01-10-14.02.49_ZS_PMax.jpg

Andrena_simplex,_F,_Side,_VA,_Westmoreland_County_2014-04-08-16.45.42_ZS_PMax.jpg

Osmia_atriventris,_f,_head,_MD,_Beltsville_2014-04-14-16.54.12_ZS_PMax.jpg

Epeolus_erigeronis,_M,_side,_NC,_Moore_County_2013-09-25-18.52.48_ZS_PMax.jpg

Sphecodes_brachycephalus,_F,_face,_NC,_Moore_Co_2013-09-25-19.24.15_ZS_PMax.jpg

Sphecodes_brachycephalus,_F,_back,_NC,_Moore_Co_2013-09-25-19.21.30_ZS_PMax.jpg

Augochlorella_aurata,_F,_Back,_MD,_Boonesboro_2013-07-01-14.48.05_ZS_PMax.jpg

Bombus_auricomas,_F,_Side,_Baltimore,_MD_2013-06-20-17.33.32_ZS_PMax.jpg

Lasioglossum_prasinogaster,_F,_Side,_WY,_Lincoln_County_2014-04-25-14.59.11_ZS_PMax.jpg

Lithurgus_scabrosus,_f,_side,_maui,_hi_2014-05-01-17.56.38_ZS_PMax.jpg

Lithurgus_gibbosus,_F,_back,_NC,_Moore_County_2013-09-26-16.07.03_ZS_PMax.jpg

Lithurgus_scabrosus,_F,_face,_maui,_hi_2014-05-01-17.49.25_ZS_PMax.jpg

Hylaeus_species,_Maui,_F,_back_2014-04-25-19.26.10_ZS_PMax.jpg

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Megachile_addenda,_F,_Back,_NJ,_Monmouth_County_2014-04-25-13.28.45_ZS_PMax.jpg

Pepsis_rubra,_Female,_side,_GTMO,_Cuba_2013-11-06-09.54.00_ZS_PMax.jpg

Lasioglossum_quebecense,_F,_Side,_MD,_Carroll_County_2013-07-24-15.53.37_ZS_PMax.jpg

Wasp,_U,_face,_Jackson_Co.,_S._Dakota_2014-01-16-16.51.41_ZS_PMax.jpg

Lasioglossum_zonulum,_M,_Side,_PA,_Lackawanna_County_2013-08-09-13.33.58_ZS_PMax.jpg

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