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Pyrgus sidea on the flower
A closeup shot of a marsh fritillary butterfly perched on a flower on a blurred background
Dragonfly closeup
Large Chequered Skipper  (Heteropterus morpheus)
Tot 35-44mm, Ab 20-30mm, Hw 24-30mm.\nOne of the larger Sympetrum species. In the field, males may be noticed because they seldom become as deeply red as other species and have a rather parallel-sided abdomen.\nHabitat: Wide range of places, especially preferring warm, stagnant waters. These are often shallow and bare, this species being a pioneer of newly created ponds. Occasionally in flowing or brackish water.\nFlight Season: May be seen all year in the Mediterranean. In Northern Europe, appears from early June, becoming abundant in July and flying into November. One of the last dragonflies to be encountered in autumn.\nDistribution: Common in most of our area, becoming less common relative to S. vulgatum in a north-easterly direction. Extends to Japan. Migrations are often seen and are sometimes massive.\n\nThis is a common Species in the Netherlands.
A male migrant hawker hanging from a bramble in the English countryside.
A clearwing hummingbird visits a Buddleja davidii flower in August in the Laurentian Forest.
A Damselfly at rest
Zerynthia cerisyi on the flower
Nemoptera coa is a Palearctic genus of insects of the family Nemopteridae or spoonwings.
Vivid Dancer Damelfly, Argia vivida, Audubon Mayacamas Mountain Sanctuary, Sonoma County, California, bright blue, in tandem, tandem flight. Mateing,
Isolated male of broad-winged tiger moth with clipping path
Also known as Trapezites Symmomus Rush-skipper and Splendid Ochre, perched on a leaf
30 august 2022, Basse Yutz, Yutz, Thionville Portes de France, Moselle, Lorraine, Grand Est, France. In a public park, at the edge of a body of water, a male Common Scarlet-darter landed on a reed leaf.
Original antique photograph of Barge on a canal running through a town, 1890s, 19th Century.  Location unknow, Holland ?
Scotch Argus butterfly (Erebia aethiops) isolated on white background
A Small Skipper basking on a long stem of grass.
butterfly on the flower in spring
Tot 36-45mm, Ab 23-38mm, Hw 28-33mm, about the size of Sympetrum striolatum.\nIdentification:\nThe common, small Orthetrum of flowing water throughout Europe. The Keeled Skimmer is characterized by its rather small size, fairly slender tapering abdomen and large pterostigma (around 4mm long).\nBehavior:\n Normally sits on vegetation, seldom on the ground.\nOccurrence:\nCommon around the Mediterranean, but generally local in central and Southern Europe.\nHabitat:\nRunning waters, such as streams and ditches. In north of range mainly runnels in boggy areas.\nFlight Season: \nFrom April to November; most abundant from June to August.\n\nThe Species is quite local in the Netherlands in the described Habitats. This Picture is made on the Veluwe in begin of August 2021 along a small Brook.
Butterfly from Bhutan. The butterfly is dull black above with slim, wavy, cream-coloured striations running vertically across the wings. Above, the hindwing has a prominent, large tornal patch with yellow-orange lunules bordering the tails, central bluish-black patches with white ocelli and a crimson post-discal band on the inner edge. Included clipping path.
Female ruddy darter resting on reed grass.
Macro closeup of Blue Dasher female dragonfly, Pachydiplax longipennis, in garden
Western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) on wall in Connecticut, mid October. A leaf-footed bug, it often enters houses to escape the first cold snaps of autumn. Harmless aside from being a minor pest.
The Rosy underwing (Catocala electa), an European Moth isolated on white background
The most common of hawker dragonflies and can be seen in good numbers when emerged and on the wing into late autumn
Libelloides longicornis
Common Tawny Rajah Butterfly isolated on white background.
Tot 33-37mm, Ab 23-25mm, Hw 29-32mm.\nLarge, broad, club-tailed species, Males often perch on lilypads. They are dark, marked with white highlights on the face, waist and at the tips of the wings and abdomen. This makes identification through binoculars easy.\nBehavior:\nBoth sexes fly actively over open water, frequently resting on floating vegetation (Nuphar, Nymphaea, Potamogeton), where mating may also take place. Male often raises clubbed tail.\nOccurrence:\nOccurrence is scattered and populations are normally rather small. May be abundant locally.\nHabitat:\nPools and lakes with moderate nutrient levels and rich aquatic vegetation.\nFlight Season: \nMid May to early August; most abundant in June.\n\nThis Picture is made in the Wieden (Overijssel, the Netherlands) in mid June of 2021.
An arrow clubtail dragonfly, enjoys the last rays of the autumn sun in the Laurentian Forest.
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