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Huntsman spider resting on a red gum
A Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus, is drinking nectat from a flower. Macro closeup. Butterfly reserve in Goleta California. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- 2009 BUTTERFLIES CALENDAR Consider these images as companions / / / / / Or a T-Shirt to go along with /
Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus at the monarch butterfly reserve in Goleta CA. Butterfly is attached to a small twig on a branch warming up in the sun prior to flight. Macro closeup —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- 2009 BUTTERFLIES CALENDAR / / / / / Or a T-Shirt to go along with /
Bee captured in mid-flight, flying with his tongue out.
“Radiance” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © Soft and delicate, a monarch butterfly / basks in the morning sunlight. “Learning how to be still, to really be still / and let life happen – / that stillness becomes a radiance.” / ~ Morgan Freeman Competition: Winner of the Queensland groups – Flutterbies of Qld Radiance was featured in the: Prize Challenges Group
Believe it or not, these are all the the same species of Ladybird. They are the notoriously invasive Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia Axyridis, the most invasive ladybird on earth. It is also known as the Multicoloured Asian Ladybird and the Halloween Ladybird. It has a very variable appearance, which can make it difficult to tell apart from our native ladybirds. The harlequin ladybird was introduced to North America in 1988, where it is now the most widespread ladybird species on the continent. It has already invaded much of northwestern Europe, and arrived in Britain in the summer of 2004. I photographed all these variants on my runner bean plants, in South London, where fortunately for the ladybirds, but not for me, there is a large supply of black aphids. Technical Details: Camera: Nikon D200 / Lens: Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 / ISO: 800 / Flash: Speedlight SB-800 / Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/32 Post Processing: Photoshop CS3 © 2008 John Hooton Photography
A dragonfly is a type of insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta or, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera. It is characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body. Dragonflies are similar to damselflies, but the adults can be differentiated by the fact that the wings of most dragonflies are held away from, and perpendicular to, the body when at rest. Even though dragonflies possess 6 legs like any other insect, they are not capable of walking. Dragonflies are also the fastest flying insect. Dragonflies are valuable predators that eat mosquitoes, and other small insects like flies, bees, ants and butterflies. They are usually found around lakes, ponds, streams and wetlands because their larvae, known as “nymphs”, are aquatic. (Wiki) / Olympus E510 / Glass Lake, N.Y. USA
A lovely butterfly resting on a tree trunk. / INFO FOR SOLD!: / Sold in Matted Prints & Cards, here on RB, by mystery buyers.
Mantodea or mantises is an order of insects which contains approximately 2,000 species in 9 families worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. Most of the species are in the family Mantidae. Historically, the term “mantid” was used to refer to any member of the order because for most of the past century, only one family was recognized within the order; technically, however, the term only refers to this one family, meaning the species in the other eight recently-established families are not mantids, by definition (i.e., they are empusids, or hymenopodids, etc.), and the term “mantises” should be used when referring to the entire order. A colloquial name for the order is “praying mantises”, because of the typical “prayer-like” stance. The term is often mis-spelled as “preying mantis”, and this an eggcorn since mantises are notoriously predatory. The word mantis is Greek for “prophet” or “fortune teller”. In Europe, the name “praying mantis” refers to only a single species, Mantis religiosa. The closest relatives of mantises are the orders Isoptera (termites) and Blattodea (cockroaches), and these three groups together are sometimes ranked as an order rather than a superorder. / About 20 species are native to the United States, including the common Carolina mantis, and only one in Canada. Two species (the Chinese mantis and the European Mantis) were deliberately introduced to serve as pest control for agriculture, and have spread widely in both countries. While it is legal to keep native mantises as pets or to sell egg cases for gardening, non-native species are illegal to possess and release in the United States, under the Non Native Invasive Species Act of 1992.(wiki) / / / /
Queen butterfly, Danaus gilippus / Nikon D70s / 70-300mm / F8, 1/500 / 12/4/08 – 320/83 Featured in DSLR Users Only – 8/20/09 / Featured in The Woman Photographer – 2/09 / Featured in JPG Cast-Offs – 2/09 / Sold – card / / / / / / Gulf Fritillary / / Postcards and stamps also available…click on images below / /
lady bugs ride into battle /
/ The image looks so cute on a shoe too! /
There’s nothing like seeing a beautiful butterfly on a beautiful flower. This little Buckeye was willing to pose nicely too. :o) Los Angeles, CA. Museum of Natural History Park Featured in: Dimensions Sept 2009
An older work of mine. Pen and ink illustration colorized and edited in Photoshop CS2.
Based off of my artwork “the Mosquito”, this is one of my most popularly selling t-shirt designs. Original artwork here
High Brown Fritillary butterfly . Without all this effort there is a great danger of losing the High Brown Fritillary. However, the project in Great Britain is going well and I’m sure we’ll turn things round. We are expecting to see a large increase in numbers next year,” said David Wainwright, Morecambe Bay Limestones Project Officer. So I hope for England, the butterfly is expected to make a comeback. In Italy Alpes are many this kind butterflys, I saw durin my hike there, maybe at least 10 butterflys.
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