Nick Upton / Walled fields of Prickly pear / Barbary fig (Opuntia ficus-indica) on volcanic soil, formerly harvested for Cochineal insects (Dactylopius coccus), with Monte Corona volcanic peak in the background, n...
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Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti), pair amongst Prickly pear (Opuntia sp) cacti at coast. Wolf Island, Galapagos. August 2016.
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Doc White / Cholla cactus (Opuntia molesta) spines stuck in car tyre, Catavina, Baja California, Mexico
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Doc White / Cholla cactus (Opuntia molesta) spines stuck in car tyre, Catavina, Baja California, Mexico
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Nick Upton / Cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus), dense colony of scale insects from which the red dye cochineal is extracted, on Prickly pear cactus / Barbary fig (Opuntia ficus-indica) leaf, Gran Canaria, Cana...
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Cyril Ruoso / Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia lindheimeri) thorns, South Texas, USA, April.
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Pete Oxford / Sharp-beaked ground finch (Geospiza difficilis) on Opuntia cactus. Galapagos. Endemic.
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Pete Oxford / Opuntia cactus (Opuntia echios var. barringtonensis) and yacht in the background, Santa Fe Island. Galapagos.
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Floris van Breugel / Lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla) and prickly pear cacti (Opuntia macrocentra) among rock formations, Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA. February 2009.
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Rolf Nussbaumer / RF- Harris's Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus harrisii) adult on Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia). Tuscon, Arizona, USA. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Claudio Contreras / Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia sp.) in desert landscape, Los Ojos Ranch, Sonora, Mexico.
Tui De Roy / Darwin's medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) perched on Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia sp.), Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands.
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Tui De Roy / Darwin's Genovesa ground finch (Geospiza acutirostris) perched on Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia sp.) flower, Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands.
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Tui De Roy / Darwin's Genovesa cactus finch (Geospiza propinqua) perched on Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia sp.) flower, Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands.
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Tui De Roy / Darwin's Genovesa cactus finch (Geospiza propinqua) feeding on Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia sp.) flower, Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands.
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Tui De Roy / Santa Fe land iguana (Conolophus pallidus) among Giant prickly pear cactus (Opuntia echios) forest. Santa Fe Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) among Giant prickly pear cactus (Opuntia echios) forest. Santa Fe Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) feeding on leaves of Giant prickly pear cactus (Opuntia echios). Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) feeding on leaves of Giant prickly pear cactus (Opuntia echios). Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) feeding on fruit of Giant prickly pear cactus (Opuntia echios). Plazas Islands, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos carpenter bee (Xylocopa darwini) nectaring on Giant prickly pear (Opuntia echios) flower. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Jack Dykinga / Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia engelmannii) with flowering Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua.) close up, Ironwood Forest National Monument, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA. March, 2023.
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Jack Dykinga / Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia engelmannii) and flowering Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua.) on desert floor, Ironwood Forest National Monument, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA. March.
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Jack Dykinga / Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua.) flowering across desert floor with Teddy bear cholla (Opuntia bigelovii), Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) and Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia engelmannii), Ironwood...
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Jack Dykinga / Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia engelmannii) surrounded by carpet of flowering Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua), Ironwood Forest National Monument, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA. March.
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Jack Dykinga / Lush grasslands with Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) and Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia sp) in morning light, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, USA. August.
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Lucas Bustamante / Santa Cruz lava-lizard (Microlophus indefatigabilis) resting on spines of a Galapagos prickly pear (Opuntia galapageia), South Plaza Island, Galapagos National Park, Galapagos Islands.
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Lucas Bustamante / Genovesa cactus finch (Geospiza propinqua) perched on Galapagos prickly pear (Opuntia galapageia) eating fruit, Genovesa Island, Galapagos National Park, Galapagos Islands.
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Lucas Bustamante / Galapagos flycatcher (Myiarchus magnirostris) building nest amongst spines of a Galapagos prickly pear (Opuntia galapageia), Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos National Park, Galapagos Islands.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) feeding on juicy Prickly pear (Opuntia) fruit punctured by Darwin's finches, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) feeding on juicy Prickly pear (Opuntia) fruit punctured by Darwin's finches, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Tui De Roy / Old male Espanola giant Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis hoodensis) stretching its neck to reach cactus leaf, Las Tunas, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. He was named 'Diego' afte...
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Tui De Roy / Espanola giant Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis hoodensis) feeding on giant prickly pear cactus (Opuntia), mouth open, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Tui De Roy / Espanola giant Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis hoodensis) resting under giant prickly pear cactus (Opuntia), Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Tui De Roy / Espanola giant Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis hoodensis) stretching its neck towards giant prickly pear cactus (Opuntia), Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Tui De Roy / Old male Espanola giant Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis hoodensis) stretching its neck towards giant prickly pear cactus (Opuntia), Las Tunas, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. He was named...
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Tui De Roy / Espanola giant Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis hoodensis) resting under giant prickly pear cactus (Opuntia), Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Tui De Roy / Female Darwin's Common cactus finch (Geospiza scandens) feeding three nestlings in nest on prickly pear cactus (Opuntia), Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Tui De Roy / Female Darwin's Common cactus finch (Geospiza scandens) feeding three nestlings in nest on prickly pear cactus (Opuntia), Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island,Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Tui De Roy / Santa Cruz lava lizard (Microlophus indefatigabilis) with large prickly pear (Opuntia sp) in the background. Santa Fe Island, Galapagos
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Tui De Roy / Giant prickly-pear cacti (Opuntia echios), Santa Fe Island, Galapagos, South America.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos carpetweed (Sesuvium edmonstonei) and giant Opuntia (Opuntia sp.) cacti, beneath a rainbow at sunset, Plazas Island, Galapagos, South America.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos carpetweed (Sesuvium edmonstonei) and giant Opuntia (Opuntia sp.) cacti, beneath a rainbow at sunset, Plazas Island, Galapagos, South America.
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Tui De Roy / Giant prickly-pear cacti (Opuntia echios), Santa Fe Island, Galapagos, South America.
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Edwin Giesbers / Spiny pest pear (Opuntia dillenii) in fruit and Hercules club / Canary Island Spurge (Euphorbia canariensis) in montane habitat, with flat tooped mountain ridge in background, Parque Rural de Teno, Te...
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Jack Dykinga / Santa Rita prickly pear cactus (Opuntia santa-rita) with new spines developing on new pads. Santa Catalina mountains foothills, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA. April.
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Jack Dykinga / Skeletonized Saguaro cactus, (Carnegia gigantea) dead due to drought, and prickly pear cacti (Opuntia sp), in the Ironwood National Monument, Arizona, USA, April 2021.
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Jack Dykinga / Santa Catalina Mountains with a drought-stricken Giant saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea). The foreground was previously covered with Prickly pear cacti (Opuntia engelmannii) before the drought, Cata...
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Jack Dykinga / Drought stressed and dying Prickly pear cacti (Opuntia engelmannii), in the Tucson Mountains at evening light, Saguaro National Park, Arizona, USA. January 2021.
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Jack Dykinga / Drought stressed and dying Prickly pear cacti (Opuntia engelmannii) next to a deeply furrowed, young Giant saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea), Tucson Mountains at evening light, Saguaro National Park...
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Jack Dykinga / Drought stressed and dying Prickly pear cacti (Opuntia engelmannii), in the Tucson Mountains at evening light, Saguaro National Park, Arizona, USA. January 2021.
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Jack Dykinga / Santa Catalina Mountains at sunset after a storm with snow, Giant saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea), Prickly pear cacti (Opuntia engelmannii) and grasses, Catalina State Park, Sonoran Desert, Arizon...
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Jack Dykinga / Drought stressed and dying Prickly pear cacti (Opuntia engelmannii), in the Tucson Mountains at evening light, Saguaro National Park, Arizona, USA. January 2021.
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Jack Dykinga / Santa Rita Pricly Pear cactus ( Opuntia santarita), with newly emerged buds and flowers with immature spines and bright purple and green coloring. Sonoran Desert, Arizona
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Jack Dykinga / Santa Rita prickly pear cactus ( Opuntia santarita), with newly emerged pads with mature spines and bright purple and green colouring. Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.
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Jack Dykinga / Santa Rita prickly pear cactus ( Opuntia santarita), with newly emerged pads with mature spines and bright purple and green colouring. Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.
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Jack Dykinga / Santa Rita prickly pear cactus ( Opuntia santarita), with newly emerged buds and flowers with mature spines and bright purple and green colouring. Sonoran Desert, Arizona,USA. April.
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Tui De Roy / Pinzon giant tortoise (Chelonoidis duncanensis), saddleback type typical of arid island, their long necks and raised shell allowing them to browse on cacti. Captive-raised as hatchlings to protect the...
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Tui De Roy / Pinzon giant tortoise (Chelonoidis duncanensis), saddleback type typical of arid island, their long necks and raised shell allowing them to browse on cacti. Captive-raised as hatchlings to protect the...
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Tui De Roy / Pinzon giant tortoise (Chelonoidis duncanensis), saddleback type typical of arid island, their long necks and raised shell allowing them to browse on cacti. Captive-raised as hatchlings to protect the...
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Tui De Roy / Pinzon giant tortoise (Chelonoidis duncanensis), saddleback type typical of arid island, their long necks and raised shell allowing them to browse on cacti. Captive-raised as hatchlings to protect the...
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Tui De Roy / Pinzon giant tortoise (Chelonoidis duncanensis), saddleback type typical of arid island, their long necks and raised shell allowing them to browse on cacti. Captive-raised as hatchlings to protect the...
