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... est surnommée "l'abeille à culottes " Cela est dû aux longs poils dorés que la femelle possède sur ses pattes postérieures
donnant l'impression qu'elle porte un pantalon . L'abdomen de la femelle est sombre avec de fines bandes plus claires, alors que les mâles , légèrement plus fin est de couleur dorées. Cette espèce niche en bourgades dans les zones sablonneuses où elles creusent des galeries dans le sol, sous divisées en chambres dans lesquelles les larves se développent en se nourrissant d'un pain de pollen. L'entrée du nid est facilement repérable car elle es marquée par la présence d'un petit tas de sable semblable à de petits volcans
a Dasypoda à culotte réalise une cellule par jour et si la cellule n'a pas pu être terminée dans la journée elle est abandonnée. Ces abeilles sont très ingénieuses, dans chaque cellules la nourriture des futures abeilles repose sur trois petits pieds ou piliers qui auraient comme fonction d'éviter une moisissure prématurée. Elles récoltent le pollen et nectar exclusivement sur les astéracées et peuvent transporter des quantité de pollen très importantes grâces aux brosses de leurs pattes arrières.
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Female seen here depositing here eggs. Although when both male and female emerge into adults they are both pale green with brown markings with the male later taking on a sky blue abdomen and an green thorax with the female being mainly green. Can be seen on the wing from June to August and sometimes can go beyond September depending on the weather. Can be found widespread and fairly common in Britain and are increasing in numbers in Scotland and Ireland.
L'abdomen de cette libellule est étonnamment large et paraît courtaud; il est bleu clair chez le mâle, brun olive chez la femelle.Ailes hyalines, avec une tache noir-brun à la base des ailes.Longueur de 22 à 28 mm, envergure de 70 à 80 mm.Vole de mai à août.Chasse à l'affût depuis un perchoir momentané, la proie est immédiatement consommée en vol.Développement étalé sur deux ans pour les larves montées sur les plantes aquatiques.
Libellule déprimée mâle (Libellula depressa) Neuchâtel, Suisse.
La Libellule déprimée un à abdomen large, aplati, bleu ciel chez les mâles adultes avec des bordures jaunes. Les quatre ailes sont brunes à la base. La femelle a l’abdomen brun et jaune avec des taches jaunes bien visibles sur les côtés. Largement commune en Europe, sa répartition s'étend jusqu'en Asie centrale.
Small Red Damselfly, one of the UKs smallest Damselflies easily distinguishable from the Large Red Damselfly by its red legs and all red abdomen. It still remains on the UK Red List.
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The Red-necked Wallaby can be distinguished from other wallabies by its white cheek markings and red colouring on the neck. The rest of its body fur is grey to reddish in colour with a white or pale grey abdomen. Their muzzle, paws and toes are black in colour.
The Red-necked Wallaby is protected by law in all states of Australia.
En una balsa de riego de grandes dimensiones volaban varias especies de odonatos, entre las más numerosas estaba este zigóptero de tonos azules inigualables. Ambos protagonistas están en plena madurez y la hembra presenta tonos idénticos al macho, también se puede ver en tonos pardos o verdosos lo que la diferenciaría mejor del macho que siempre viste de color celeste en su etapa de adulto. Otra característica para identificar a la hembra es el color de sus ojos, más verdosos que azulados, y el mayor tamaño de su abdomen, aunque en este caso la difrencia es muy pequeña pero apreciable. En los saladares del Guadalentín, Alhama de Murcia.
Con esta cópula de Enallagma cyathigerum son 55 especies las que he subido a la galería este año, las mismas que he podido fotografiar de las 57 especies que he visto volar esta temporada de 2021.
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L'Ordre des Odonates regroupe les Libellules et les Agrions ou Demoiselles.
Ce sont tous des insectes de taille moyenne ou grande. La plus grande libellule actuelle mesure 19 cm d'envergure, celle de son ancêtre du Paléozoïque atteignait 60 cm.
Les Odonates ont de grands yeux composés et des antennes de très petite taille.
Leur appareil buccal est de type broyeur.
Les Odonates sont des prédateurs tant à l'état larvaire qu'adulte. Les 4 ailes sont de taille égale (Zygoptères) ou peu différente (Anisoptères).
L'abdomen comporte 10 segments bien apparents et un 11ème réduit.
Les larves sont aquatiques et peuvent vivre entre 1 et 3 ans.
L'accouplement se déroule en vol, le mâle tient la femelle au niveau du cou par une sorte de pince située à l'extrémité de son abdomen, la femelle courbe alors le sien vers l'avant pour mettre en contact son orifice génital terminal avec celui du mâle situé au niveau du 9ème segment.
Il y a 5700 espèces d'Odonates dans le Monde et environ 120 en Europe.
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The Order of Odonata includes Dragonflies and Agrions or Damselflies.
They are all medium or large insects. The largest dragonfly today measures 19 cm in scale, that of its ancestor from the Paleozoic reached 60 cm.
Odonata have large compound eyes and very small antennae.
Their oral appliance is of the grinder type.
Odonata are predators both in larvae and in adults. The 4 wings are of equal size (Zygoptères) or little different (Anisoptères).
The abdomen has 10 clearly visible segments and a reduced 11th.
The larvae are aquatic and can live between 1 and 3 years.
Mating takes place in flight, the male holds the female at the level of the neck by a kind of forceps located at the end of his abdomen, the female then curves hers forward to bring her terminal genital orifice into contact with that of the male located at the level of the 9th segment.
There are 5700 species of Odonates worldwide and around 120 in Europe.
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- splendens mâle s'observe principalement le long des cours d'eau lents et ensoleillés . Il ont le corps bleu-vert métallique et les ailes marquées de bleu foncé à partir du nodus mais n'atteignent pas l'extrémité. Le bout de l'abdomen porte une tache jaune à grisâtre côté ventral. Le corps de la femelle est vert métallique. Ils ont une tête mobile et des yeux globulaires bien développés ce qui leur offre une très bonne vision. La forme des ailes et le type de vol sont caractéristiques. En effet ,les ailes antérieures et postérieures ne sont pas couplées ce qui leur permet de voler dans toutes les directions, même en arrière. Si une libellule fût célèbre dès le XVIII siècle , c'est le Caloptéryx éclatant. Alors les libellules portaient des noms de femme et celle-ci fût dès 1762 dédiée à Louise, plus exactement Louise de Prusse , reine consort de Suède et protectrice du célèbre Linné, inventeur des noms scientifiques de la flore et de la faune
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males
The abdomen is orange-red (often appearing washed-out) and only slightly waisted with black mid dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The thorax is brown on top with 2 poorly defined pale antehumeral stripes. The thorax sides are red with 2 thick yellow stripes. The eyes are brown and the legs are black with a clear yellow stripe . The frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. The wings are clear apart from a small area of yellow at the base and the pterostigma are yellow or red brown. Immature males are yellow.
female
The abdomen is yellow-brown and has parallel sides with black mid-dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The top of the thorax is brown with poorly defined antehumeral stripes and 2 yellow stripes on the sides. The vulvar scale can be seen projecting from underside of segment 9. As with males, the frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. Immature females are yellow and ageing females become dull in colour
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.males
The abdomen is orange-red (often appearing washed-out) and only slightly waisted with black mid dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The thorax is brown on top with 2 poorly defined pale antehumeral stripes. The thorax sides are red with 2 thick yellow stripes. The eyes are brown and the legs are black with a clear yellow stripe . The frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. The wings are clear apart from a small area of yellow at the base and the pterostigma are yellow or red brown. Immature males are yellow.
female
The abdomen is yellow-brown and has parallel sides with black mid-dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The top of the thorax is brown with poorly defined antehumeral stripes and 2 yellow stripes on the sides. The vulvar scale can be seen projecting from underside of segment 9. As with males, the frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. Immature females are yellow and ageing females become dull in colour.
males
The abdomen is orange-red (often appearing washed-out) and only slightly waisted with black mid dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The thorax is brown on top with 2 poorly defined pale antehumeral stripes. The thorax sides are red with 2 thick yellow stripes. The eyes are brown and the legs are black with a clear yellow stripe . The frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. The wings are clear apart from a small area of yellow at the base and the pterostigma are yellow or red brown. Immature males are yellow.
female
The abdomen is yellow-brown and has parallel sides with black mid-dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The top of the thorax is brown with poorly defined antehumeral stripes and 2 yellow stripes on the sides. The vulvar scale can be seen projecting from underside of segment 9. As with males, the frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. Immature females are yellow and ageing females become dull in colour
Spider wasps are active in gardens during summer months. The spider wasp most commonly encountered is Cryptocheilus bicolor. This is a very large black wasp with orange wings and legs and a broad orange band around its abdomen. It holds its wings up when resting but flicks them when it hops and runs about on its long legs.
I expect this Spider Wasp was searching the garden looking for Crab Spiders lurking in the flowers. It took quite a few shots for me to get this profile one.
when immature). The abdomen is very stout at segment 2 and tapers to a narrow segment 10. The sides are yellow from segment 4-8 and the tip of the abdomen is black. The wing markings are diagnostic with 4 spots clearly visible at the nodes (mid points) of the wings. These are in addition to the dark pterostigma. The hind wings also have dark patches at the base – a feature characteristic of all chasers. An area of yellow also spreads across the front of the wing. Another form of this species called praenubila is quite commonly seen. Shown in the additional photographs below and in the female photograph, this form has more black at the nodes and an area of black extending from the pterostigma. The eyes are brown and the legs are black.Males are fast and aggressive and will view their territory from a selected perch and fly out to chase off other males or to seek a female. Females are grabbed in mid- air and copulation takes place in flight in a matter of seconds. Females then oviposit alone but with the male in attendance to chase off intruding males. The female hovers over the water, usually where there is submerged aquatic vegetation and either dips her abdomen into the water or sometimes flicks the eggs into the water.
After finish the previous photo another wasp was flying around the stem and perch in front of the first. After 30 minutes where they dont stop to move his antennas and his abdomens they relax a little and try to do a decent stack.
Late afternoon natural light fieldstack . 12 photos taken with a 1000d + Tamron90mm at v=2seg ; f 6.3 and iso 200.
Pd: Unfortunelly this was the last pictures that i did with the 1000D . Internal problems in the mirror not make it usable.
males
The abdomen is orange-red (often appearing washed-out) and only slightly waisted with black mid dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The thorax is brown on top with 2 poorly defined pale antehumeral stripes. The thorax sides are red with 2 thick yellow stripes. The eyes are brown and the legs are black with a clear yellow stripe . The frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. The wings are clear apart from a small area of yellow at the base and the pterostigma are yellow or red brown. Immature males are yellow.
female
The abdomen is yellow-brown and has parallel sides with black mid-dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The top of the thorax is brown with poorly defined antehumeral stripes and 2 yellow stripes on the sides. The vulvar scale can be seen projecting from underside of segment 9. As with males, the frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. Immature females are yellow and ageing females become dull in colour
Up close with an Australian icon. The Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti), feared by early settlers, was historically responsible for 12 deaths . An antivenom has been available since 1956, and there have been no deaths directly due to redback bites since its introduction. The female spider, as seen in this shot, is much larger then its male counterpart and has the distinctive red stripe on its abdomen. The female 'digests' the male during a successful mating process, which seems to be unique to Latrodectus hasselti. Females reach around 1 cm in size while males are 3-4 mm when mature. Shot was taken with a 100mm macro lens. NSW, Australia
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You've probably heard of the expression 'it's the bee's knees' used to refer to something of high quality or excellence.
Well, in the image above, it's the bee's abdomen, a part of the bee we rarely see or photograph since we normally see the insect from above.
Every summer I spend quite a few hours on my hands, knees, and belly, patiently capturing these insects and waiting for them to pose in perfect positions. It's a lesson in patience since they move so quickly and are rarely motionless, hence blurry shots abound!
Sometimes I shoot away and just hope for a good result, even if it's not ideal. This is one of those shots :)
So enjoy the detail of its abdomen and wings from an underside view! Hey, at least the red petunias in the background provided a soft and colorful color palette.
males
The abdomen is orange-red (often appearing washed-out) and only slightly waisted with black mid dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The thorax is brown on top with 2 poorly defined pale antehumeral stripes. The thorax sides are red with 2 thick yellow stripes. The eyes are brown and the legs are black with a clear yellow stripe . The frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. The wings are clear apart from a small area of yellow at the base and the pterostigma are yellow or red brown. Immature males are yellow.
female
The abdomen is yellow-brown and has parallel sides with black mid-dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The top of the thorax is brown with poorly defined antehumeral stripes and 2 yellow stripes on the sides. The vulvar scale can be seen projecting from underside of segment 9. As with males, the frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. Immature females are yellow and ageing females become dull in colour
males
The abdomen is orange-red (often appearing washed-out) and only slightly waisted with black mid dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The thorax is brown on top with 2 poorly defined pale antehumeral stripes. The thorax sides are red with 2 thick yellow stripes. The eyes are brown and the legs are black with a clear yellow stripe . The frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. The wings are clear apart from a small area of yellow at the base and the pterostigma are yellow or red brown. Immature males are yellow.
female
The abdomen is yellow-brown and has parallel sides with black mid-dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The top of the thorax is brown with poorly defined antehumeral stripes and 2 yellow stripes on the sides. The vulvar scale can be seen projecting from underside of segment 9. As with males, the frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. Immature females are yellow and ageing females become dull in colour.
males
The abdomen is orange-red (often appearing washed-out) and only slightly waisted with black mid dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The thorax is brown on top with 2 poorly defined pale antehumeral stripes. The thorax sides are red with 2 thick yellow stripes. The eyes are brown and the legs are black with a clear yellow stripe . The frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. The wings are clear apart from a small area of yellow at the base and the pterostigma are yellow or red brown. Immature males are yellow.
female
The abdomen is yellow-brown and has parallel sides with black mid-dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The top of the thorax is brown with poorly defined antehumeral stripes and 2 yellow stripes on the sides. The vulvar scale can be seen projecting from underside of segment 9. As with males, the frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. Immature females are yellow and ageing females become dull in colour
males
The abdomen is orange-red (often appearing washed-out) and only slightly waisted with black mid dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The thorax is brown on top with 2 poorly defined pale antehumeral stripes. The thorax sides are red with 2 thick yellow stripes. The eyes are brown and the legs are black with a clear yellow stripe . The frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. The wings are clear apart from a small area of yellow at the base and the pterostigma are yellow or red brown. Immature males are yellow.
female
The abdomen is yellow-brown and has parallel sides with black mid-dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The top of the thorax is brown with poorly defined antehumeral stripes and 2 yellow stripes on the sides. The vulvar scale can be seen projecting from underside of segment 9. As with males, the frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. Immature females are yellow and ageing females become dull in colour.
Also known as the spreadwing as it belongs to a group of damsels which mostly perch with their wings open like a true dragonfly, rather than held closed along the length of the abdomen like most other damsels.
Their metallic green casings make them unlikely to be confused with any other species (in our region at least), the only other metallic green damsel being the female Banded Demoiselle, but colour is the only thing they have in common, the demoiselles are obviously bigger, longer legged, are green in their entirety and the wings are very large in comparison and tinted green, plus they are usually only found on rivers, emeralds very rarely are.
The last of the damsels to emerge, they aren't usually seen until July, and will be the only damsel remaining in late season, lasting through September.
males
The abdomen is orange-red (often appearing washed-out) and only slightly waisted with black mid dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The thorax is brown on top with 2 poorly defined pale antehumeral stripes. The thorax sides are red with 2 thick yellow stripes. The eyes are brown and the legs are black with a clear yellow stripe . The frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. The wings are clear apart from a small area of yellow at the base and the pterostigma are yellow or red brown. Immature males are yellow.
female
The abdomen is yellow-brown and has parallel sides with black mid-dorsal lines on segments 8-9. The top of the thorax is brown with poorly defined antehumeral stripes and 2 yellow stripes on the sides. The vulvar scale can be seen projecting from underside of segment 9. As with males, the frons area does not have a black line extending down the sides. Immature females are yellow and ageing females become dull in colour.
Tachina magnicornis
La Tachinaire à grande corne est une grosse mouche, envergure : 12-15 mm, au corps hérissé de poils, surtout vers l'extrémité de l'abdomen.
La tête est jaunâtre, le front est large et gris. Le thorax est noir. Le scutellum est brun jaunâtre.
L'abdomen est jaunâtre et présente une large bande dorsale noire qui dessine des losanges et s'élargit sur le tergite 5, c’est-à-dire à l'extrémité de l'abdomen.
Les fémurs sont noirs, les pattes sont jaunâtres, les tarses 1 sont assombris, brun foncé voire noirs
Il est difficile de photographier les tachinaires pour identification sur le terrain. Il faut une photo des tarses 1, c'est à dire plutôt de face, et une photo de l'extrémité de l'abdomen,c’est-à-dire plutôt de dos.( je l'ai aussi faite) et c'est OK pour l'identification.
La mouche s'envole souvent à la première photo et on n'est jamais certain que celle qui revient est la même.
Tachina magnicornis
The Large-horned Tachinid is a large fly, wingspan: 12-15 mm, with a body bristling with hair, especially towards the end of the abdomen.
The head is yellowish, the forehead is broad and gray. The thorax is black. The scutellum is yellowish brown.
The abdomen is yellowish and has a wide black dorsal band which forms diamonds and widens on the tergite 5, that is to say at the end of the abdomen.
The femurs are black, the legs are yellowish, the tarsi 1 are darkened, dark brown or even black
It is difficult to photograph the tachinarians for identification in the field. You need a photo of the tarsi 1, that is to say rather from the front, and a photo of the end of the abdomen, that is to say rather from the back. (I also made it) and c is OK for identification.
The fly often flies at the first photo and you can never be sure that the one that returns is the same.
when immature the abdomen is very stout at segment 2 and tapers to a narrow segment 10. The sides are yellow from segment 4-8 and the tip of the abdomen is black. The wing markings are diagnostic with 4 spots clearly visible at the nodes (mid points) of the wings. These are in addition to the dark pterostigma. The hind wings also have dark patches at the base – a feature characteristic of all chasers. An area of yellow also spreads across the front of the wing. Another form of this species called praenubila is quite commonly seen. Shown in the additional photographs below and in the female photograph, this form has more black at the nodes and an area of black extending from the pterostigma. The eyes are brown and the legs are black.Males are fast and aggressive and will view their territory from a selected perch and fly out to chase off other males or to seek a female. Females are grabbed in mid- air and copulation takes place in flight in a matter of seconds. Females then oviposit alone but with the male in attendance to chase off intruding males. The female hovers over the water, usually where there is submerged aquatic vegetation and either dips her abdomen into the water or sometimes flicks the eggs into the water.
Green Cucumber Spider and Green Abdomen-marked Spider look so much alike that you can't tell which is which without dissection. For that you have to kill them, of course. Folklore has it that such will bring on bad luck and rain as well. But that wasn't my reason for desisting. I just don't see the point of killing a spider or insect - or for that matter anything - only in order to discover its precise name...
Such a colorful hairstreak on the Mexican Plum blossoms. The abdomen is also pretty!! You can only see a small portion of it.
Curled proboscis loaded with pollen gives heliconians protein and makes them longer living than other butterflies.
Heliconius melpomene
Wings of the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
This immature male widow skimmer looks a lot different than adult males. Over time, his abdomen will turn blue-gray in color and broad white bands will form on the outer edges of those black wing patches.
De abdomen robusto, ancho y aplanado y con un color azul claro, los machos de Libellula depressa tienen un porte muy llamativo cuando sobrevuelan sus dominios y descansan en sus posaderos controlando su territorio.
Este individuo se posó en una ramita que le colocamos en el borde de una balsa, con el agua color verdoso.
With a robust, wide and flattened abdomen and a light blue color, the males of Libellula depressa have a very striking appearance when they fly over their domains and rest on their perches controlling their territory.
This individual perched on a twig that we placed on the edge of a pond, with greenish water.
旅するチョウ アサギマダラ 浅葱斑
* Japanese name: Asagi madara
・Scientific name: Parantica sita
* Description: Chestnut tigers are large butterflies, with a 43-65 mm wingspan and a striking blue-green marbled pattern on the wings. The body is black with white spots. Butterflies from this family (Danaidae) are also distinctive because their front legs are vestigial -- they are useless for walking. Males have a black mark on their hind wings. They fly lazily, in a laid-back manner, without really moving their wings much. Despite their large size, chestnut tigers are rarely attacked by birds, probably because their bright colors indicate they have tough bodies that taste bad.
* Food: Nectar from flowers, especially from those in the milkweed family.
* Special features: Migration. Despite their apparent laziness, chestnut tigers can fly at great altitudes and can travel huge distances. How can such a small animal travel so far? By drifting along on seasonal winds. The butterflies store fat in their abdomen to see them through the long journey. From April to June, they migrate northwards; from September to November, they return south to lay eggs. Many chestnut tigers travel 1,000 km. In an exceptional case, one marked in Hakuba in Nagano Prefecture was later found 1,784 km away on Miyako Island.
Notice the connected white abdomens as they mate .
The rice paper butterfly, also called the paper kite butterfly, wood nymph, or tree nymph (Idea leuconoe) is a distinctive black and white butterfly. The wingspan is 95-110mm across.
The larval wood nymphs are similar to monarch caterpillars in that they feed on plants in the Apocenaceae (dogbane) and Asclepiadaceae (milkweed) families. Also like the monarchs, giant wood nymphs are distasteful to predators, and they derive this protection from the toxins produced by their host plants.
Wings of the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Cuando la vi me llamó la atención el verde azulado de su abdomen, más por estar entre c. xanthostoma pero el sombreado de las alas deltaba claramente su identificación: hembra de Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis.
Fotograma recortado un 8%.
En la rambla de Minateda. Agramón (Albacete) España
When I saw her I was struck by the bluish green of her abdomen, more for being between c. xanthhostoma but the shading of the wings clearly delisted the identification of her: female of Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis.
Frame cropped by 8%.
On the Rambla de Minateda. Agramón (Albacete) Spain
Chrysis ignita est une espèce d’insectes hyménoptères parasitoïdes. C'est une « guêpe coucou » de la famille des Chrysididae et du genre Chrysis. Elle mesure environ 1 cm.
Les imagos ont une taille comprise entre 5 et 10 mm. Le corps aux reflets métalliques est bleu/vert pour la tête et le thorax et rubis pour l’abdomen. La surface inférieure de ce dernier est arrondie pour permettre à l’insecte de se rouler en boule en cas de danger
Maman (1999) is a bronze, stainless steel, and marble sculpture by the artist Louise Bourgeois. The sculpture, which depicts a spider, is among the world's largest, measuring over 30 ft high and over 33 ft wide (927 x 891 x 1024 cm). It includes a sac containing 26 marble eggs and its abdomen and thorax are made up of ribbed bronze. The title is the familiar French word for Mother. The sculpture was created in 1999 by Bourgeois as a part of her inaugural commission of The Unilever Series (2000), in the Turbine Hall at London's Tate Modern. This original was created in steel, with an edition of six subsequent castings in bronze.
Temporary location Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, January 2015 -
Red-Bellied Woodpecker.
10 inches in length. Barred black and white above, pale buff below and on face. Sexes similar except that male has red crown and nape while female has red nape only. Reddish patch on lower abdomen seldom visible in the field.
Its habitat includes open and swampy woodlands. It also comes into parks during migration and feeders in winter.
It breeds from South Dakota, Great Lakes and southern New England south to the Gulf Coast and Florida. Northern most birds sometimes migrate south for the winter.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
France; Brenne, Lignac 10/8/21. Legs pale with thin black lines. Very plain thorax sides - two thin lines and two dimples. Virtually no black markings on abdomen
Los odonatos emplean un tiempo de su vida en su aseo diario y utilizan las patas delanteras para limpiarse la zona de la cabeza, los ojos principalmente, y las traseras para el abdomen.
En este caso una hembra de Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis utilizaba sus patas traseras para eliminar restos de telaraña, aunque en esta foto ya no se aprecie.
En el rio Chícamo, Abanilla (Murcia).
The odonates spend some time of their life in their daily cleaning and use the front legs to clean the head area, mainly the eyes, and the back for the abdomen.
In this case, a female Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis used her hind legs to remove spider webs, although in this photo she no longer appreciates.
On the Chícamo river, Abanilla (Murcia).
Algún percance tuvo que sufrir este ejemplar de Orthetrum cancellatum para perder el abdomen y encaramarse a lo alto del palo.
En una ocasión vi como una avispa devoraba el abdomen de un ejemplar de la misma especie, después de caer al suelo y llevarla enganchada en su cuerpo.
Foto realizada en El Coto, lugar que nunca deja de sorprenderme.
This specimen of Orthetrum cancellatum had to suffer some mishap to lose its abdomen and climb to the top of the pole.
On one occasion I saw how a wasp devoured the abdomen of a specimen of the same species, after falling to the ground and carrying it hooked on its body.
Photo taken in El Coto, a place that never ceases to amaze me.
This species seems to be most commonly found in the boundary region between grass and scrub, such as the edges of woodland rides but it also occurs in more open locations. It may be found in the vegetation, or sitting on a flower head waiting for prey. In adult males the abdomen is much, much smaller than the female’s (males, as a whole, are only about 1/4 to 1/3 the size of the adult females).
Gasteruptiidae are a solitary wasp species easily recognizable by their long, thin abdomen. Bees and solitary wasps are species that live alone without a queen and prepare a nest by digging a burrow where they lay their eggs. Females Gasteruptiidae parasitize the solitary honeycomb by laying eggs there. After hatching the larvae will feed on the reserves of food accumulated by the bees for their offspring.
Les Gasteruptiidae sont une espèce de guêpe solitaire facilement reconnaissable par leur long et mince abdomen. Les abeilles et guêpes solitaires sont des espèces vivant isolément sans reine et qui se préparent un nid en creusant un terrier où elles pondent leurs œufs. Les femelles Gasteruptiidae parasitent le nid d’abeilles solitaires en y pondant leurs œufs. Après éclosion les larves se nourriront des réserves de nourritures accumulées par les abeilles pour leur progéniture.
Postman Butterfly, Pili Palas, Penmynydd Road, Menai Bridge, Anglesey North Wales LL59 5RP
Postman Butterfly Coordinates...53°14'6.81344016" N 4°11'9.99499956" W.
Heliconius melpomene, the postman butterfly, common postman or simply postman, is a brightly colored butterfly found throughout Central and South America. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Its coloration coevolved with a sister species H. erato as a warning to predators of its inedibility; this is an example of Müllerian mimicry. H. melpomene was one of the first butterfly species observed to forage for pollen, a behavior that is common in other groups but rare in butterflies. Because of the recent rapid evolutionary radiation of the genus Heliconius and overlapping of its habitat with other related species, H. melpomene has been the subject of extensive study on speciation and hybridization. These hybrids tend to have low fitness as they look different from the original species and no longer exhibit Müllerian mimicry.
Heliconius melpomene possesses ultraviolet vision which enhances its ability to distinguish subtle differences between markings on the wings of other butterflies. This allows the butterfly to avoid mating with other species that share the same geographic range.
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This hoverfly is commonly known as the Marmalade Fly because the orange and black pattern on its abdomen. It should be encouraged in our gardens because it is a great pollinator and the larvae eat those pesty aphids.
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Los tonos, sobre todo en el abdomen, son más claros que la anterior. Con ello demuestra ser más joven, sin embargo los ojos tienen mucho más parecido.
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En Salinas (Alicante) España
The tones, especially in the abdomen, are lighter than the previous one. This proves to be younger, however the eyes are much more similar.
Full frame without clipping adapted to 16: 9 format.
In Salinas (Alicante) Spain