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365 images Created 4 Feb 2018

Insecta is the most numerous class of animals we have. About 75% of all living species we have described are insects. Consequently no matter how many photos I add, only a few of them can be shown here...

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  • Dragonfly.  Kruger NP, South Africa.
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  • Dragonfly.  Kruger NP, South Africa.
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  • Ants (Crematogaster sp.) feeding on suger fluid at Lower Sabie, Kruger NP, South Africa.
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  • Common tigertail (Ictinogomphus ferox) from Berg-en-Dal, Kruger NP, South Africa.
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  • Red-veined dropwing (Trithemis arteriosa) from Berg-en-Dal, Kruger NP, South Africa.
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  • Black mud wasp (Delta emarginatum) from Zimanga, South Africa.
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  • Black mud wasp (Delta emarginatum) from Zimanga, South Africa.
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  • Dung beetles rolling a large dung ball in Zimanga Private Reserve, South Africa. Possibly Large Copper Dung Beetle (Kheper nigroaeneus).
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  • Dung beetles rolling a large dung ball in Zimanga Private Reserve, South Africa. Possibly Large Copper Dung Beetle (Kheper nigroaeneus).
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  • African babul blue (probably Azanus jesous) from Zimanga, South Africa.
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  • Hook-winged net-winged beetle (Lycus melanurus) from Zimanga, South Africa.
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  • Hook-winged net-winged beetles (Lycus melanurus) probably mating. Photo from Zimanga, South Africa.
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  • Hook-winged net-winged beetle (Lycus melanurus) from Zimanga, South Africa.
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  • Green dung beetle (Probably Garreta nitens) from Zimanga, South Africa.
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  • Green dung beetle (probably Garreta nitens) from Zimanga, South Africa.
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  • Potter wasp (Synagris sp., S. analis?) from Zimanga, South Africa.
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  • Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina), female. Photo from Hidra, south-western Norway in September.
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  • Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) feeding. Photo from south-western Norway.
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  • Ggreat green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) from Hidra, south-western Norway in August.
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  • Ggreat green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) from Hidra, south-western Norway in August.
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  • Ggreat green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) from Hidra, south-western Norway in August.
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  • Common spreadwin (Lestes sponsa, female) from Hidra, south-western Norway in August.
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  • Vagrant darter (Sympetrum vulgatum) from Hidra, south-western Norway in August.
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  • Large painted locust (Schistocerca melanocera) endemic to the Galapagos, here photographed resting on lave at Santiago Island.
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  • Orange and Black Marked Assassin Bug (Fam. Reduvididae) from Tanjung Puting National Park, Kalimantan, Borneo.
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  • Unidentified short-horned grasshopper (Fam. Acrididae) from Tanjung Puting National Park, Kalimantan, Borneo.
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  • Unidentified hemiptrera (Fam. Reduviidae?) from Tanjung Puting National Park, Kalimantan, Borneo.
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  • Giant forest ant (Dinomyrmex gigas) from Tanjung Puting National Park, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.
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  • Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio sp.) from Tanjung Puting National Park, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.
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  • Large katydid laying eggs on a tree trunk in the rainforest of Tanjung Puting National Park, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.
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  • The larnern fly Penthicodes farinosa from Tangoko National Park, northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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  • Beautiful katydid with very long antennae from the rainforest of Tanjung Puting National Park, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.
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  • Unidentified insect from Tanjung Puting National Park, Borfneo.
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  • Shield bug (Pycanum rubens, nymph), from Komodo island, Indonesia.
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  • Unidentified katydid (Fam. Tettigoniidae) from Komodo island, Indonesia.
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  • Unidentified praying mantis from Komodo Islands, Indonesia.
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  • Unidentified geometer moth (Fam. Geometridae) from Komodo Island, Indonesia.
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  • Unidentified praying mantis from Komodo Islands, Indonesia.
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  • Harlequin cockroach (Neostylopyga rhombifolia) from Komodo island, Indonesia.
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  • Tailed blue butterfly (Anthene sp.) from Komodo Island, Indonesia.
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  • termites of the genus Hospitalitermes from Deramakot forest, Sabah, Borneo.
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  • Tropical swallowtail moth (Lyssa zampa) from Deramakot, Sabah, Borneo.
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  • Stick insect from Berenty Reserve, southern Madagascar.
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  • Termite mound (possible from Macrotermes sp.) and Acasia-trees at Engaruka, Tanzania.
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  • African Monarch (Danaus chrysippus dorippus) from Engaruka, Tanzania.
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  • Eastern Dotted Border (Mylothris agathina) from Engaruka, Tanzania.
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  • White Arab (Colotis vestalis) from Engaruka, Tanzania.
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  • Mylothris sp. (?), (fam: Pieridae) from Lake Manyara, Tanzania.
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  • Purple-brown Hairstreak (Hypolycaena philippus) from Lake Manyara, Tanzania.
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  • Mylothris sp. (?), (fam: Pieridae) from Lake Manyara, Tanzania.
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  • Acraea braesia from Lake Eaysi, Tanzania.
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  • Common thoirntail (Ceratogomphus pictus) from Lake Eaysi, Tanzania.
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  • Northern banded groundling (Brachythemis sp.,  B. impartita) from Lake Eaysi, Tanzania.
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  • Sarcophaga africa form Lake Manyara, Tanzania.
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  • Green moth (Prasinocyma sp., possible P. vermicularia) from Lake Manyara, Tanzania.
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  • Condylostylus sp. (fam. Dolichopodidae, ) from Lake Manyara, Tanzania.
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  • Anthene sp. from Lake Manyara, Tanzania.
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  • Purple-brown Hairstreak (Hypolycaena philippus) from Lake Manyara, Tanzania.
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  • African Common White (Belenois creona) from lake Manyara, Tanzania.
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  • African Common White (Belenois creona) from Lake Manyara, Tanzania.
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  • Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) from Leicestershire, UK.
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  • Digny skipper (Erynnis tages) from Hidra, south-western Norway in May.
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  • Large painted locust (Schistocerca melanocera) endemic to the Galapagos, here photographed resting on lave at Santiago Island.
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  • Saint Valentine ants (Chromogaster sp.) have attacked and killed a damselfly in the rainforest at LaSelva, Ecuador.
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  • Leafcutter ant (Atta sp.) from the rainforest at laSelva, Ecuador.
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  • Leafcutter ant (Atta sp.) from the rainforest of LaSelva, Ecuador.
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  • Larva of an unidentified butterfly species from the rainforest at LaSelva, Ecuador.
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  • Leafcutter ant (Atta sp.) from the rainforest at laSelva, Ecuador.
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  • Leafcutter ants (Atta sp.) from the rainforest at laSelva, Ecuador.
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  • Leafcutter ant (Atta sp.) from the rainforest at laSelva, Ecuador.
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  • Leafcutter ants (Atta sp.) from the rainforest at laSelva, Ecuador.
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  • Leafcutter ant (Atta sp.) from the rainforest at laSelva, Ecuador.
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  • Leafcutter ants (Atta sp.) from the rainforest at laSelva, Ecuador.
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  • Unknown species of stick insect from La Selva, Ecuador.
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  • Unidentified katydids from La Selva, Ecuador.
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  • Leafcutter ant (Atta sp.) from the rainforest at laSelva, Ecuador.
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  • Northern blue (Plebejus idas) feeding on alpine bistort (Bistorta vivipara). Photo from Sognefjellet (1100 m), Jotunheimen, Norway in July.
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  • Northern blue (Plebejus idas) from Sognefjellet (1100 m), Jotunheimen, Norway in July.
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  • Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris) from Hidra, south-western norway in May.
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  • Silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus) on cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix). Photo from Hidra, south-western Norway in August.
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  • Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) from south-western Norway.
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  • Common copper (Lycaena phlaeas) from Lista, southern Norway.
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  • Common copper (Lycaena phlaeas) from Lista, southern Norway.
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  • Common copper (Lycaena phlaeas) from Lista, southern Norway.
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  • Commun blue (Polyommatus icarus) from Hidra, south-western Norway in August.
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  • Silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus) on cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix). Photo from Hidra, south-western Norway in August.
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  • Purple hairstreak (Neozephyrus quercus) from Hidra, south-western Norway in August.
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  • Common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni , male) from Hidra, south-western Norway in August.
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  • European honey bee (Apis mellifera) collecting pollen from wild angelica.  Photo from Hidra, south-western Norway in August.
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  • European honey bee (Apis mellifera) on cornflower (Centaurea cyanus).  Photo from northern Denmark in June.
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  • Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata, male) from Vejlerne, northern Denmark in June.
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  • A nymph of the black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) undergoes transition and becomes an adult dragonfly in the process known as incomplete metamorphosis. Photo from Vejlerne, northern Denmark in June.
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  • A nymph of the black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) undergoes transition and becomes an adult dragonfly in the process known as incomplete metamorphosis. Photo from Vejlerne, northern Denmark in June.
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  • A nymph of the black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) undergoes transition and becomes an adult dragonfly in the process known as incomplete metamorphosis. Photo from Vejlerne, northern Denmark in June.
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  • The nymph and a newly hatched female specimen of the black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum). The dragonfly has just completed transition and has emerged as an adult dragonfly in the process known as incomplete metamorphosis. Photo from Vejlerne, northern Denmark in June.
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  • A nymph of the black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum). Photo from Vejlerne, northern Denmark in June.
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  • Female of a newly transformed black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) from Vejlerne, northern Denmark in June.
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  • Female of a newly transformed black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) from Vejlerne, northern Denmark in June.
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  • European honey bee (Apis mellifera) on cornflower (Centaurea cyanus).  Photo from northern Denmark in June.
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  • Variable damselflies (Coenagrion pulchellum) laying eggs at vejlerne, northern Denmark.
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