Emanuele Biggi / Beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) feeding on Mayfly (Ephemera sp.) prey, on foliage overhanging a small stream, Genova, Italy. July.
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Nigel Cattlin / Infestation of Black bean aphids (Aphis fabae) close to the growing tip of a Broad bean (Vicia faba) plant in a vegetable garden, Berkshire, UK. June.
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Nigel Cattlin / Two Iris sawfly (Rhadinoceraea micans) larvae feeding on the leaves of a Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus), Berkshire, UK. June.
Nigel Cattlin / Apple ermine moth (Yponomeuta malinellus) caterpillars inside a larval web on damaged and skeletonised apple foliage in an orchard, Berkshire, UK. June.
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Bernard Castelein / Green-veined white butterfly (Pieris napi) resting on Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), Brasschaat, Belgium. August.
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Bernard Castelein / Speckled bush cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) resting on leaf, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.
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Bernard Castelein / Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) on web guarding spiderlings, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.
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Bernard Castelein / Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) on web guarding spiderlings, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.
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Bernard Castelein / Grayling butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus) resting on St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) seedheads, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.
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Bernard Castelein / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) resting on Tansy flowers (Tanacetum vulgare), Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.
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Bernard Castelein / Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) female, resting on dew covered wrapping cover of its breeding ball, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. July.