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Invertebrates

35 images Created 24 Aug 2018

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  • A male Common Darter dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) perches on a stick surveying its surroundings in a garden. Bedgebury Forest, Kent, UK
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  • A small pollen covered hoverfly clambers out of a white waterlily (Nymphaea alba) ) after drinking the nectar at the base of the flower. Bedgebury Forest, Hawkhurst, Kent, UK.
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  • A female parasitic wasp (Gasteruption jaculator) feeds on nectar on a fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) flower head. Bedgebury Forest, Hawkhurst, Kent, UK.
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  • A honey bee (Apis mellifera) forages for nectar and pollen on an echinacea or coneflower (Echinacea purpura).  Bedgebury Forest, Hawkhurst, Kent, UK.
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  • A honey bee (Apis mellifera) with pollen baskets, corbiculae, well loaded with pollen on a yellow Hypericum flower. Bedgebury Forest, Hawkhurst, Kent, UK.
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  • A honey bee (Apis mellifera) with pollen baskets, corbiculae, well loaded with pollen approaches  a yellow Hypericum flower. Bedgebury Forest, Hawkhurst, Kent, UK.
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  • A male common blue butterfly (Polyommatus Icarus) feeds with its proboscis stretching deep into a flower of Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra). Bedgebury Forest, Kent, UK.
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  • A seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) searches for aphids on the flowering head of a hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium). Bedgebury Forest, Hawkhurst, Kent, UK.
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  • A blue coloured immature Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus) is camouflaged against black rocks, in contrast to the bright orange adult. Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Sally Lightfoot Crabs (Grapsus grapsus) on wave washed rocks. Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • A worker common carder bee  (Bombus pascuorum) forages on a Verbena bonariensis flower head. Bedgebury Forest, Kent, UK.
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  • A queen Buff-tailed Bumblebee  (Bombus terrestris) forages on a Verbena bonariensis flower head. Bedgebury Forest, Kent, UK.
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  • A male Brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) feeding on a rose campion (Lychnis coronaria) flower. Bedgebury Forest, Kent, UK.
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  • flesh fly, fly, insect, Sarcophaga, red eyes, scavenger, carrion, oak apple, UK.
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  • female Orange Tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) on flowers of its food plant Cuckoo Flower or Ladies Smock (Cardamine pratensis) . Bedgebury Forest, Kent, UK.
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  • A worker Buff-tailed Bumblebee  (Bombus terrestris) buries its head in a yellow marigold flower while foraging for nectar. Bedgebury Forest, Kent, UK.
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  • Caterpillar, lava, of  Knotgrass (Acronicta rumicis) moth on a cultivated raspberry (Rubus idaeus) plant. Bedgebury Forest, Kent. UK.  29Aug16
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  • The six-inch (15cm) larva, caterpillar, of  the tetrio sphinx moth (Pseudosphinx tetrio) the  giant gray sphinx, frangipani hornworm, plumeria.  Oro Peninsula. Drake Bay, Corcovado National Park, Golfito, Costa Rica. 28Nov13
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  • Hermit crabs living in old gastropod shells abound on the beach at Drakes Bay. Oro Peninsula. Drake Bay, Corcovado National Park, Golfito, Costa Rica. 27Nov13
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  • A crab excavates a hole on the beach at Drakes Bay. Oro Peninsula. Drake Bay, Corcovado National Park, Golfito, Costa Rica. 26Nov13
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  • A large ant, perhaps  Paraponera clavata, locally referred to as a bullet ant because of the pain caused by its bite. Braulio Carillo, Horquetas, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica. 19Nov13
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  • The Patagonian Bumblebee (Bombus dahlbomii) on lavender flowers. This bee is  being out-compteted by the Eurpoean   Buff Tailed Bubblebee (Bombus terrestris)  introduced for fruit tree pollination. Bombus terrestis competes with Bombus dahlbornii and spreads the parasite Apicystis bombi.  El Chaltén, Argentina. 02Mar13
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  • Bishnoi women and children sit outside their simple houses built from natural materials. No trees are cut down and only dead branches are used for building. Bishnois are followers of the guru Jhambo Ji who taught respect of the environment and all living things. Near Rohet, Rajasthan, Republic of India. 14 December 2008
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  • A Baboon Spider walks across the arid stony ground near its burrow. Hangklip, Western Cape, Republic of South Africa. 17 November 2006
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  • A fine large specimen of a Toad Grasshopper (Family:Pamphagidae). The insect's 'ear', the tympanum, can be clearly seen on as a flat disc on the first segment next to the thorax. Cape Columbine Nature Reserve at Tietiesbaai. Paternoster, Western Cape, Republic of South Africa. 14 November 2006.
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  • A giant female cricket with a sabre like ovipositor sits on the roof of a car. West Coast National Park near Langebaan, Western Cape, Republic of South Africa. 13 November 2006.
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  • Male Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea) feeding on a creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense). Cuckmere Haven, Sussex, UK., 03 July 2006
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