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Lesser purple emperor (Apatura ilia) butterfly perched on ground.
Mieniak strużnik (Apatura ilia) siedzący na ziemi.
13.7.2021.
A male Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator) resting on floating weed in the canal adjacent to my garden.
The emperor tamarin, is a species of tamarin allegedly named for its resemblance to the German emperor Wilhelm II. It lives in the southwest Amazon Basin, in east Peru, north Bolivia and in the west Brazilian states of Acre and Amazonas. Wikipedia
Only a flash of the famous purple on this slightly worn Purple Emperor taken at Fermyn Woods, but he was there and so were we. It would have been rude to not take it....
I probably take too many pictures at Chatsworth. I do love the place and how it can look so different with the seasons and light enhancing its character and beauty.
I spotted 2 male Emperor Dragonfles over a small heathland pool recently. So I set myself the challenge of capturing one in flight. Now I've done this before and it's not particularly easy to do but it's always fun trying for a while.
not keen on pic but managed to get both wings purple extremley difficult on the 2 purple emperors that i have seen this year
,the builder of Pantheon, as I once bumped into him in Altes Museum, Berlin. "Hadrian (/ˈheɪdriən/; Latin: Publius Aelius Hadrianus Augustus; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138 AD) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138.[note 1] He was born Publius Aelius Hadrianus, probably at Italica, near Santiponce (in modern-day Spain), into a Hispano-Roman family. His father was of senatorial rank, and was a first cousin of the emperor Trajan. Early in Hadrian's career, before Trajan became emperor, he married Trajan's grand-niece Vibia Sabina, possibly at the behest of Trajan's wife, Pompeia Plotina. Plotina and Trajan's close friend and adviser Licinius Sura, were well disposed towards Hadrian. When Trajan died, his widow claimed that immediately before his death, he had nominated Hadrian as emperor. " (Wikipedia)
Emperor Dragonfly, probably female.
Golden Gate Lake, Mucking, Essex, England
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I'll need another shot at this - if I'm lucky enough. Whilst this wonderful creature was very cooperative that fencing which runs between the lakeside path and the railway line isn't the best background. Although come to think of it, you do get a sense of scale. Anyway, I'll have another look tomorrow...
I took the opportunity to meet up with a couple of old friends (socially distancing, of course) at the Sussex Wildlife Trust's Old Lodge Nature Reserve in the Ashdown Forest. We went early in the hope of catching some wildlife. We had a great morning, seeing cuckoo, redstart, stonechat, great spotted woodpecker, slow worm, lizard, four spotted chaser, broad bodied chaser, etc and this splendid male emperor dragonfly.
More detail viewed large.
The dragonflies appeared after about 15mins on the edge of the pond but each time the emperor settled the male chaser would chase it away so no chance of a closer shot. I saw a couple of black-tailed skimmers but they never stopped.
Many thanks to you ALL for the views, faves and comments you make on my shots it is very appreciated
Thanks to Eric for pointing out my mis-diagnosis. I did think it was a bit early in the year for Migrant Hawkers.
Didn't seem big enough to be our largest UK Dragonfly and not green enough, but nothing else has a thorax like this.
Quite pleased if it is an Emperor as I have not managed a decent shot of one before.
Taken at RSPB Strimpshaw Fen.
Saguinus imperator
Denver Zoo, Denver, CO
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Suborder:Haplorhini
Infraorder:Simiiformes
Family:Callitrichidae
Genus:Saguinus
Species:S. imperator
Beautiful male Emperor Dragonfly, seen by a pond next to our holiday accommodation in Yorkshire, back in June.
... cooling in the shade
Knepp Wildland Estate (UK)
Knepp is a 3,500 acre estate just south of Horsham, West Sussex. Since 2001, the land – once intensively farmed - has been devoted to a pioneering rewilding project. Using grazing animals as the drivers of habitat creation, and with the restoration of dynamic, natural water courses, the project has seen extraordinary increases in wildlife. Extremely rare species like turtle doves, nightingales, peregrine falcons and purple emperor butterflies are now breeding here; and populations of more common species are rocketing.
The vision of the Knepp Wildland Project is radically different to conventional nature conservation in that it is not driven by specific goals or target species. Instead, its driving principle is to establish a functioning ecosystem where nature is given as much freedom as possible. The aim is to show how a ‘process-led’ approach can be a highly effective, low-cost method of ecological restoration - suitable for failing or abandoned farmland - that can work to support established nature reserves and wildlife sites, helping to provide the webbing that will one day connect them together on a landscape scale.
The most beautiful eagle I know is the Steller's Sea Eagle. So impressing and elegant - a real king.