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Pattern of golden statues in Chinese temple for background.

Close up dry and old cicada shell on green leaf

Pyrgus malvae sur plante non identifiée.

Hyacinth Macaw extreme close-up of wing feathers.

bird on the branch in park, Dalat, Vietnam

Common Blue Butterfly / Latin species name: Polyommatus icarus

Flowers, trees, and shrubs growing in the Panhandle of Florida

Dwarf cichlid male of Apistogramma Panduro

Bee-fly Exoprosopa capucina with a dark pattern on the wings sits on the sand

A wild Dark-faced Ground Tyrant, Muscisaxicola maclovianus, of the Falklands race, M. m. maclovianus, taking off from the ground with a grub in its beak.

Convict Cichlid, male outside flowerpot. Amatitlania Nigrofasciata.

Arowana fish, half body swimming in aquaria.

$In Termessos National Park\nhibiscus flower and (Latin) Lampides boeticus and hibiscus flower (Latin) Althaea cannabina$

$Small Pratincole (Glareola lactea) adult standing on bare ground.\nGoa, India. January$

$Pyrgus malvae, the grizzled skipper, is a butterfly species from the family Hesperiidae. It is a small skipper (butterfly) with a chequered pattern on its wings that appears to be black and white. This butterfly can be found throughout Europe and is common in central and southern regions of England. The butterfly prefers three major types of habitat: woodland, grassland, and industrial. Eggs are laid on plants that will provide warmth and proper nutrition for development, such as A. euphoria. As larvae, their movement is usually restricted to a single plant, on which they will build tents, unless they move onto a second host plant. Larvae then spin cocoons, usually on the last host plant they have occupied, where they remain until spring. Upon emerging as adult butterflies, grizzled skippers are quite active during the day and tend to favour blue or violet-coloured plants for food. They also possess multiple methods of communication; for example, vibrations are used to communicate with ants, and chemical secretions play a role in mating. Exhibiting territorial behaviour, males apply perching and patrolling strategies to mate with a desired female.\nHabitat: \nAlthough grizzled skippers occupy three major forms of habitats, they tend to settle in environments with spring nectar plants, larval food plants (agrimony, creeping cinquefoil, wild strawberry, tormentil), ranker vegetation, and edges with scrub or woodland. Host plants are from the family Rosaceae with a focus on Agrimonia eupatoria as well as Potentilla. \nFlight Season: \nGrizzled skippers produce one brood per season and are in flight from the middle of March to the middle of July. \n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2006.$

A bee in mid-flight in a wildflower meadow.

Nigella arvensis - wild plant. Plant blooming in spring.

Full frame daylight image of a meadow with wildflower crocus tommasinianus in foreground and pine trees and mountains in the background in Germany

Frontal closeup of a burnet companion moth, Euclidia glyphica, on a pink flower

Bombyl (Bombylius major) on unidentified plant

Pseudotropheus johannii or the bluegray mbuna. Isolated in black

Peacock Cichlid, cichla ocellaris, Adult fish from South America

Tropical fish pets in domestic fish tank

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