Guy Edwardes / Marsh Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) vocalising with bokeh effect in the background, Danube Wetlands, Bulgaria
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Guy Edwardes / Marsh Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) vocalising with bokeh effect in the background, Danube Wetlands, Bulgaria
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David Perpinan / Male Mediterranean tree frog (Hyla meridionalis) calling, showing vocal sac inflating, Barcelona, Spain, May. Filmed at night with an infrared camera.
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Dave Bevan / Female Blackbird (Turdus merula) feeding chicks at nest, removing faecal sacs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.
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Ammonite / Mining bee (Andrena apicata) flying and feeding from Sallow (Salix caprea) catkins, with pollen sacs on hind legs, France, March.
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Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) on field poppy (Papaver rhoeas) showing fully laden pollen sacs, RSPB Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK, May
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Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) with pollen sacs flying towards a Scentless mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum) flower in order to feed, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, July. 2020VISION Exhibition. Did...
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Gerrit Vyn / Aggressive encounter between two male Greater Prairie-Chickens (Tympanachus cupido) on a lek. During these aggressive encounters, males lower their pinnae feathers, deflate their air sacs, leap into t...
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Gerrit Vyn / Aggressive encounter between two male Greater Prairie-Chickens (Tympanachus cupido) on a lek. During these aggressive encounters, males lower their pinnae feathers, deflate their air sacs, leap into t...
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Kim Taylor / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) worker visiting Rosebay flowers, Surrey, UK.
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Kim Taylor / Honey bee workers {Apis mellifera} flying towards flower, Digital composite, UK.
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Kim Taylor / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} worker with full pollen sacs executing 'waggle dance' to indicate food source, UK
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Kim Taylor / Honey Bee worker with full pollen sacs executing waggle dance, UK. {Apis mellifera}
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John Cancalosi / Colorado river toad (Incilius alvarius) male calling to attract females, vocal sac filled with air. Sonoran desert, Arizona, USA. August.
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Heather Angel / Bubble eye goldfish (Carassius auratus) with upward pointing eyes and two large fluid-filled sacs.. In captivity, Shanghai Zoo, Shanghai, China.
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John Cancalosi / Male American toad (Anaxyrus americanus) displaying, showing vocal sacs expanding, Maryland, USA, April.
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David Perpinan / Male Mediterranean tree frog (Hyla meridionalis) calling, showing vocal sac inflating, Barcelona, Spain, May. Filmed at night with an infrared camera.
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David Perpinan / Male Mediterranean tree frog (Hyla meridionalis) calling, showing vocal sac inflating, Barcelona, Spain, May. Filmed at night with an infrared camera.
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David Perpinan / Male Mediterranean tree frog (Hyla meridionalis) calling under a lilypad, showing vocal sac inflating, Barcelona, Spain, May. Filmed at night with an infrared camera.
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David Perpinan / Male Mediterranean tree frog (Hyla meridionalis) calling, showing vocal sac inflating, Barcelona, Spain, May. Filmed at night with an infrared camera.
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David Perpinan / Male Mediterranean tree frog (Hyla meridionalis) calling, showing vocal sac inflating, Barcelona, Spain, May. Filmed at night with an infrared camera.
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David Perpinan / Male Mediterranean tree frog (Hyla meridionalis) calling, showing vocal sac inflating, Barcelona, Spain, May. Filmed at night with an infrared camera.
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David Perpinan / Male Mediterranean tree frog (Hyla meridionalis) calling, showing vocal sac inflating, Barcelona, Spain, May. Filmed at night with an infrared camera.
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Nick Upton / False black widow or Cupboard spider (Steatoda grossa) hanging in it web in a garden shed next to an egg sacs, near Wells, Somerset, UK, October. Females can live for up to 6 years and produce three o...
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Joao Burini / Torrent frog (Hylodes sp) with vocal sacs. South-east atlantic forest So Luis do Paraitinga, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Doug Wechsler / American green treefrog (Hyla cinerea) calling, vocal sac inflated, St. Jones Reserve, Delaware, USA, June.
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Roy Mangersnes / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) male displaying, red throat pouch inflated, North Seymour Island, Galapagos.
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Roy Mangersnes / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) male displaying, red throat pouch inflated, North Seymour Island, Galapagos.
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Roy Mangersnes / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) male displaying, red throat pouch inflated, North Seymour Island, Galapagos.
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Roy Mangersnes / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) male displaying with red throat pouch inflated, Genovesa Island, Galapagos.
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Dave Bevan / Slow motion clip of a Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) feeding chicks, removes faecal sacs before flying out of frame, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.
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Dave Bevan / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) feeding chicks, removes faecal sacs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.
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Dave Bevan / Male Blackbird (Turdus merula) feeding chicks at nest, removing faecal sacs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.
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Dave Bevan / Pair of Blackbirds (Turdus merula) feeding chicks at nest, removing faecal sacs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.
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Dave Bevan / Female Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus) feeding chicks and swallowing faecal sacs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, May.
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Dave Bevan / Pair of Mistle thrushes (Turdus viscivorus) feeding chicks and removing faecal sacs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. May.
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John Cancalosi / Male American toad (Bufo americanus) calling to attract female, Ithaca, New York, USA, May.
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John Cancalosi / Male American toad (Bufo americanus) calling to attract female, Ithaca, New York, USA, May.
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John Cancalosi / Male American toad (Bufo americanus) calling to attract female, Ithaca, New York, USA, May.
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John Cancalosi / Male American toad (Bufo americanus) calling to attract female, Ithaca, New York, USA, May.
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John Cancalosi / Male American toad (Bufo americanus) calling to attract female, Ithaca, New York, USA, May.
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John Cancalosi / Male American toad (Bufo americanus) calling to attract female, Ithaca, New York, USA, May.
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Phil Savoie / European honey bees (Apis mellifera) with full pollen sacs returning to the hive, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. September.
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Nick Upton / Female Tropical tent-web spider (Cyrtophora citricola) guarding a string of egg sacs within a communal web shrouding a stand of Prickly pear cactus / Barbary fig (Opuntia ficus-indica), Gran Canaria,...
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Tony Wu / Hairchin goby (Sagamia geneionema) eggs. Though still early in development, individual transparent fish embryos are visible attached to the yellow-orange yolk sacs. Miho, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, P...
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Chris & Monique Fallows / African giant bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus) male calling with vocal sac inflated, Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Botswana.
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Chris & Monique Fallows / African giant bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus) male calling, Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Botswana.
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Jen Guyton / Hourglass tree frog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) male calling for mate, Carara National Park, Costa Rica.
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Jen Guyton / Hourglass tree frog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) male calling for mate, Carara National Park, Costa Rica.
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Jen Guyton / Hourglass tree frog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) male calling for mate, Carara National Park, Costa Rica.
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Jen Guyton / African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus edulis) male calling for mate in newly formed seasonal pond, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique
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Nick Upton / Female House spider (Tegenaria sp.) with extensive sheet web and two egg sacs, in a toolshed, Cornwall, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Female House spider (Tegenaria sp.) with extensive sheet web and two egg sacs, in a toolshed, Cornwall, UK, June.
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Tony Wu / Whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) empty egg sacs - the appearance of these empty eggs sacs seems to coincide with heightened male shark activity, with ensuing courtship and copulatio...
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Yashpal Rathore / Jayarami Bush frog (Raorchestes jayarami), inflating vocal sac, calling to attract mate, Anamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, India. Endemic to Western Ghats.
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Yashpal Rathore / Humayuns night frog (nyctibatrachus humayuni), male calling with vocal sacs inflated, sitting on leaf. Western Ghats Amboli, Maharashtra, India. Endemic. Vulnerable species
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Yashpal Rathore / Humayuns night frog (nyctibatrachus humayuni), close-up of male calling, vocal sacs inflated. Western Ghats Amboli, Maharashtra, India. Endemic. Vulnerable species
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Nick Hawkins / Red-eyed treefrog (Agalychnis calidryas) calling, vocal sac inlated, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.
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Rod Williams / White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) feeding on Knapweed, and showing a pair of pollen sacs Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK. June
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Cyril Ruoso / Frog (Pelophylax sp) calling with vocal sacs inflated. Burgundy, France, May.
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Cyril Ruoso / Frog (Pelophylax sp) calling with vocal sacs inflated. Burgundy, France, May.
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Cyril Ruoso / Common tree frog (Hyla arborea) male calling at night with inflated vocal sac. Burgundy, France, April.
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Cyril Ruoso / Common tree frog (Hyla arborea) male calling at night with inflated vocal sac. Burgundy, France, April.
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Cyril Ruoso / Common tree frog (Hyla arborea) male calling at night with inflated vocal pouch. Burgundy, France, April.
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Cyril Ruoso / Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla) male calling with vocal sac inflated, Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, USA. March.
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Cyril Ruoso / Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla) male calling with vocal sac inflated, Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, USA. March.
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Cyril Ruoso / Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla) male calling with vocal sac inflated, Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, USA. March.
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Cyril Ruoso / Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla) male calling with vocal sac inflated, Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, USA. March.
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Melvin Grey / Marsh frog (Rana ridibunda) male with inflated vocal sacs. Bulgaria. May.
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Dong Lei / Puer tree frog (Rhacophorus puerensis) male calling, Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve, Tengchong county, Yunnan Province, China. May.
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Konrad Wothe / Frog (Pristimantis peruvianus) calling with vocal sac inflated, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.
Pete Oxford / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) male with pouch inflated. Galapagos.
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Ammonite / Ashy mining bee (Andrena cineraria) with full pollen baskets / sacs, Bristol, England, UK, May.
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Phil Savoie / European honey bee (Apis mellifera) with full pollen sacs returning to the hive, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. September.
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Phil Savoie / European honey bee (Apis mellifera) with full pollen sacs returning to the hive, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. September.
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Phil Savoie / European honey bee (Apis mellifera) with full pollen sacs returning to the hive, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. September.
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Phil Savoie / European honey bees (Apis mellifera) with full pollen sacs in flight, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. September.
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Phil Savoie / European honey bees (Apis mellifera) with full pollen sacs returning to the hive, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. September.
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Phil Savoie / European honey bees (Apis mellifera) with full pollen sacs returning to the hive, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. September.
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Phil Savoie / Shrill Carder Bee (Bombus sylvarum), England's rarest species, with pollen sacs, feeding on ice plant flowers (Sedum spectabile), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. September.
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Phil Savoie / Shrill Carder Bee (Bombus sylvarum), England's rarest species, with pollen sacs, feeding on ice plant flowers (Sedum spectabile), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. September.
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Phil Savoie / Shrill Carder Bee (Bombus sylvarum), England's rarest species, with pollen sacs, feeding on ice plant flowers (Sedum spectabile), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. September.
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Phil Savoie / Shrill Carder Bee (Bombus sylvarum), England's rarest species, with pollen sacs feeding on ice plant flowers (Sedum spectabile), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. September.
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Phil Savoie / Shrill Carder Bee (Bombus sylvarum), England's rarest species, with pollen sacs feeding on ice plant flowers (Sedum spectabile), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. September.
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian toad (Duttaphrynus arabicus / Bufo arabicus) calling with vocal sac inflatedl, Oman, April.
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Kim Taylor / White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) worker with full pollen sacs visiting Borage (Borago officinalis) flower. Surrey, England, July.
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Kim Taylor / White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) worker with full pollen sacs visiting Borage (Borago officinalis) flower. Surrey, England, July.
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John Abbott / Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens) worker in flight with pollen sacs, Camp Maxey National Guard Facility, Paris, Lamar County, Texas, USA.
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Bert Willaert / Male Common treefrog (Hyla arborea) calling from the water surface, Belgium. April.
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Ammonite / Mining bee (Andrea apicata) with pollen sacs on hind legs feeding from Willow (Salix) catkins, before flying out of frame, France, March.
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Suzi Eszterhas / Banana Frog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) calling on leaf, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
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Alex Mustard / Egg sacs of a female lionfish (Pterois volitans). Females can produce two large sacs filled with 1000s of eggs every 3-4 days. A large, well-fed, female lionfish can produce 2 million eggs per year. L...
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John Cancalosi / American toad (Anaxyrus americanus) male with vocal sac inflated whilst calling to attract females, New York, May