Lucas Bustamante / Treehopper (Alchisme onorei) with eggs Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador
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Shane Gross / Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) laying eggs in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, Exuma, Bahamas.
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Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) pair with recently laid egg, on sea ice. Atka Bay, Antarctica. May.
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Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) pair, female laying egg. Atka Bay, Antarctica. June.
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Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) female laying egg. Atka Bay, Antarctica. June. Sequence 3/5.
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Theo Bosboom / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) male trying to interfere with a mating couple. Hondenven, Tubbergen, the Netherlands, June.
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Dave Bevan / Female Giant wood wasp (Uroceras gigas) inserting ovipositor into tree stump to lay eggs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.
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Ingo Arndt / Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) digging their nests by night with stars during an arribada (mass nesting event) to lay eggs, Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica.
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Ingo Arndt / Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) females coming ashore at twilight during an arribada (mass nesting event) to lay eggs, Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica.
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Ingo Arndt / Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) females coming ashore during an arribada (mass nesting event) to lay eggs, Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica.
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Nick Hawkins / Green sea turtle female (Chelonia mydas) returning to the sea, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.
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Alex Hyde / Fly (Mycophaga testacea) laying eggs on Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida) growing on dead Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica). Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. October.