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The small butterfly flies rapidly & erratically. Relatively rare in Singapore, and usually missed by casual observers.

This insect with the scientific name Lertha Extensa lives only in the southeast of Turkey, in certain parts of Iran, Iraq and Armenia. It is an endemic species.

Tarantula Hawk Wasp feeding on nectar at some flowers in an arroyo in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. 2024. Blue wasp with orange wings covered in pollen. Pollinator.

Hesperornis is a genus of flightless aquatic birds that lived in the Cretaceous Period.

This is an image of swallow diving towards the camera, converted to a painterly image.

Digitally restored from a late 19th Century encyclopedia.

Incurvaria masculella Feathered Diamond-Back Moth Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Pompeii, Italy: fresco paintings on ancient Roman walls

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

Lithographic print of seabirds taken from Plate 63 of the 1852 book by Oliver Goldsmith: A History Of The Earth And Animated Nature Volume two.1. Black Toed Gull 2. Richardson's Skua 3. Glaucous Gull 4. Black Tern 5. Lesser Tern

$The hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) is a species of hawk moth found across temperate regions of Eurasia. The species is named for its similarity to hummingbirds, as they feed on the nectar of tube-shaped flowers using their long proboscis while hovering in the air; this resemblance is an example of convergent evolution. \nLife cycle:\nTwo or more broods are produced each year. The adult may be encountered at any time of the year, especially in the south of the range, where there may be three or four broods. It overwinters as an adult in a crevice among rocks, trees, and buildings. On very warm days it may emerge to feed in mid-winter. Unlike other moths, they have no sexual dimorphism in the size of their antennal lobes.\nHabitat and host plants:\nHummingbird hawk-moths can be easily seen in gardens, parks, meadows, bushes, and woodland edge, where the preferred food plants grow (honeysuckle, red valerian and many others). \nTheir larvae usually feed on bedstraws or madders (Rubia) but have been recorded on other Rubiaceae and Centranthus, Stellaria, and Epilobium. \nAdults are particularly fond of nectar-rich flowers with a long and narrow calyx, since they can then take advantage of their long proboscis and avoid competition from other insects. Flowers with longer tubes typically present the feeding animal a higher nectar reward. Proboscis length is thought to have been evolutionarily impacted by the length of flower feeding tubes.] Examples of such plants include Centranthus, Jasminum, Buddleia, Nicotiana, Primula, Viola, Syringa, Verbena, Echium, Phlox, and Stachys. \nDistribution:\nThe hummingbird hawk-moth is distributed throughout the northern Old World from Portugal to Japan, but it breeds mainly in warmer climates (southern Europe, North Africa, and points east). Three generations are produced in a year in Spain. \n\nThis Picture is made in my Garden in Summer 2023.$

Gypsophila flowers in grass in countryside garden. Flax blooming in sunny summer meadow. Biodiversity and landscaping garden flower beds. Wildflowers

Mezzotint photography of a Crow standing in a winter field

Tajuria is an Indomalayan genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Berteroa incana as a weed grows in the wild

tiny blue butterfly feeding on the flower, Green-Underside Blue, Glaucopsyche alexis

$The clouded border (Lomaspilis marginata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is distributed across most of Europe to the Urals, western and central Siberia, Transbaikalia, Kazakhstan, Tian-Shan, northern Mongolia and parts of the Near East.\nDescription:\nThis is a very distinctive species with white wings marked with black blotches around the margins. The amount of black varies, with the males usually (though not always) having more extensive black areas than the females. Occasionally almost entirely white or black individuals are seen, although this is rare. The wingspan is 24–28 mm. Lomaspilis marginata is extremely variable. Linnaeus's form has complete black border to both wings, also on the forewing additional spots or patches at base and middle of costa.\nLifecycle:\nThe egg is yellow green, with hexagonal reticulation. The larva, pale green with darker dorsal lines and a purplish anal spot, usually feeds on aspen and sallow but has also been recorded on birch, hazel and poplar. The species overwinters as a pupa, sometimes remaining in this form for up to four years (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Walk in a Nature Reserve in the Province of Limburg in 2015.$

Scurvy Grass, Oxalis enneaphylla, an alpine wild flower native to the Falkland Islands and Patagonia. Carcass Island, Falklands.

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