Nigel Cattlin / Cushion scale insect (Pulvinaria floccifera) laying eggs on underside of cultivated Rhododendron (Rhododendron sp) leaf. In garden, Berkshire, England, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Cushion scale insect (Pulvinaria floccifera) laying eggs on underside of cultivated Rhododendron (Rhododendron sp) leaf. In garden, Berkshire, England, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Cushion scale insect (Pulvinaria floccifera) on underside of cultivated Rhododendron (Rhododendron sp) leaf. In garden, Berkshire, England, UK. June.

Ingo Arndt / African Spurred Tortoise (Geochelone sulcata) underside detail of foot and claws

Ingo Arndt / African Spurred Tortoise (Geochelone sulcata) underside detail of foot and claws

Mark Moffett / Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca) near Darmazar, Kerman Province, Iran

Pete Oxford / Florida Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) carapace detail, Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve, Georgia

Nigel Cattlin / The exit hole of a Parasitoid wasp (Metaphycus helvolus) in the shell of its Soft scale insect host (Saissetia coffeae), England, UK. February.

Tui De Roy / Alcedo giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi) resting during dry season, Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.

Tui De Roy / Alcedo giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi) resting, head on foot, during dry season, Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.

Tui De Roy / Alcedo giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi) resting, head on feet, during dry season, Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Tui De Roy / Detail of hind toes of Alcedo giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi), Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.