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Dragon-fly, view from above, blue - black, big, sitting on a rock, wings spreaded out, USA, Kenai Peninsula

A male migrant hawker hanging from a bramble in the English countryside.

$Tot 35-44mm, Ab 20-30mm, Hw 24-30mm.\nOne of the larger Sympetrum species. In the field, males may be noticed because they seldom become as deeply red as other species and have a rather parallel-sided abdomen.\nHabitat: Wide range of places, especially preferring warm, stagnant waters. These are often shallow and bare, this species being a pioneer of newly created ponds. Occasionally in flowing or brackish water.\nFlight Season: May be seen all year in the Mediterranean. In Northern Europe, appears from early June, becoming abundant in July and flying into November. One of the last dragonflies to be encountered in autumn.\nDistribution: Common in most of our area, becoming less common relative to S. vulgatum in a north-easterly direction. Extends to Japan. Migrations are often seen and are sometimes massive.\n\nThis is a common Species in the Netherlands.$

Volcano hummingbird perched on a tree branch in costa rica

Closeup on the critically endangered Mangshan Crocodile Newt, Tylototriton lizhenchangi on leaflitter

a Hummingbird searches for food near Quito, Ecuador

Male Blue Dasher Dragonfly on Pink Flower

Violet tailed Sylph Hummingbird on branch, Amazon River, Ecuador, South America. Ecuador a beautiful country with many Spanish colonial influences remaining, contains some of the most environmentally sensitive areas in the world, from the Amazon basin to the cloud forest and rainforest regions, each of which are endangered through habitat loss, pollution and population pressures.

Dragonfly an efficient hunter on fruit tree

$Tot 36-45mm, Ab 23-38mm, Hw 28-33mm, about the size of Sympetrum striolatum.\nIdentification:\nThe common, small Orthetrum of flowing water throughout Europe. The Keeled Skimmer is characterized by its rather small size, fairly slender tapering abdomen and large pterostigma (around 4mm long).\nBehavior:\n Normally sits on vegetation, seldom on the ground.\nOccurrence:\nCommon around the Mediterranean, but generally local in central and Southern Europe.\nHabitat:\nRunning waters, such as streams and ditches. In north of range mainly runnels in boggy areas.\nFlight Season: \nFrom April to November; most abundant from June to August.\n\nThe Species is quite local in the Netherlands in the described Habitats. This Picture is made on the Veluwe in begin of August 2021 along a small Brook.$

a female flat-bellied dragonfly (Libellula depressa) perches on a withered branch. In the background a green meadow. There is a lot of space for text. The dragonfly is photographed from above

The Black-tailed Skimmer is a narrow-bodied dragonfly that can be seen flying low over the bare gravel and mud around flooded gravel pits and reservoirs.

A close-up of a beautiful bee hummingbird standing on a slender tree branch

The tourmaline sunangel (Heliangelus exortis) is a species of hummingbird found in the Andes.

Lepidoptera larvae in the wild, North China

$Tokyo bitterling male adult fish, Pseudorhodeus tanago, but widely known as Tanakia tanago. This species was listed in the 1996 IUCN Red List as \$

heimische Orchidee in den Bayerischen Alpen

$Tot 35-40mm, Ab 26-33mm, Hw 20-25mm.\nOften occurs with L. sponsa, with which is easily confused. Typically occurs in lower numbers, but can be more abundant in sites that are only seasonally wet.\nOccurrence:\nRange similar to L. sponsa, but relatively more common southward Europe and typically more localized and less numerous than that species in most of its northern range. Our only Lestes that also occurs in North America.\nHabitat:\nA wide variety of still waters, which typically dry out in the course of summer or have shallow borders providing warm micro-habitats for the larvae. Sites usually have dense growths of rushes or sedges, e.g. dune lakes, reedy shallows, small meadow ponds or edges of bogs.\nFlight Season:\nThe earliest Lestes in most areas, emerging from late May in northern Europe, most abundant in July and August, with the last record in October.\n\nThis is a less common Lestes species, than L sponsa in the Netherlands.$

A red, white and blue betta fish or siamese fighting fish in front of a green java fern in an aquarium

A large dragonfly with its wings fully extended in a remarkable display

The most common of hawker dragonflies and can be seen in good numbers when emerged and on the wing into late autumn

Just a photo of an insect in summer time

Take at dawn in a closeup of a 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.

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.

Female ruddy darter resting on reed grass.

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