Juergen Freund / Timelapse of a Cairns birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion) butterfly caterpillar metamorphosing into a chrysalis, Queensland, Australia, April.
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James Dunbar / Timelapse of a Tiger longwing (Heliconius hecale) forming a chrysalis. Controlled conditions. Native to South and Central America.
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Theo Bosboom / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) close up of recently emerged damselfly, including the green liquids that are used to pump up the wings. Hondenven, Tubbergen, the Netherlands. July.
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Theo Bosboom / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) close up of the wings of a just emerged damselfly, including the green liquids that are used to pump up the wings. Hondenven, Tubbergen, the Netherlands....
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Ingo Arndt / Mayfly (Palingenia longicauda) hanging on leaf and moulting, Tisza river, Hungary, sequence 5/7, June
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Ingo Arndt / Mayfly (Palingenia longicauda) hanging on leaf and moulting, Tisza river, Hungary, sequence 6/7, June
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Ingo Arndt / Mayfly (Palingenia longicauda) hanging on leaf and moulting, Tisza river, Hungary, sequence 3/7, June
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Ingo Arndt / Mayfly (Palingenia longicauda) on water surface, swarming, Tisza river, Hungary, June
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Ingo Arndt / Four spotted libellula dragonfly / (Libellula quadrimaculata) adult freshly emerged from larval case, Germany.
Pete Oxford / Rusty-tipped Page (Siproeta epaphus) chrysalis, Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador, sequence 1 of 3
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MYN / Paul van Hoof / Common spadefoot toad (Pelobates fuscus) composite showing metamorphosis from larva to adult, The Netherlands, meetyourneighbours.net project