Butterfly
Category: Nature and wildlife
Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Roe dear (Capreolus capreolus) hidden below ferns
Roe dear (Capreolus capreolus) hidden below ferns
Couple of Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), Amazonia, Brazil
Couple of Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), Amazonia, Brazil
Napoleon Fish (Cheilinus undulatus)
Napoleon Fish (Cheilinus undulatus)
The Roe deer or curiosity (Capreolus capreolus)
The Roe deer or curiosity (Capreolus capreolus)
Flower or crab spider (Misumena vatia)
Flower or crab spider (Misumena vatia)
White-Spotted Limefish (Cantherhines macrocerus), Caribbean Sea
White-Spotted Limefish (Cantherhines macrocerus), Caribbean Sea
Flying over the clouds
Flying over the clouds
Flying Hoverfly
Flying Hoverfly
White-throated capuchin (Cebus capucinus), Costa Rica
White-throated capuchin (Cebus capucinus), Costa Rica
Branching vase sponge (Callyspongia vaginalis), Caribbean sea, Mexico
Branching vase sponge (Callyspongia vaginalis), Caribbean sea, Mexico
Mosquito
Mosquito, Amazonia, Brazil
Is the Mosquito the most dangerous animal living on earth?
Many diseases are transmitted by this insect, such as malaria (with 250 million cases annually, the disease kills more than 900,000 people per year), the yellow fever (affects 200,000 people per year and is fatal to 30 000 people), dengue (the most serious variation strikes 500 000 people per year) …
European tree frog (Hyla arborea)
European tree frog (Hyla arborea)
Trumpetfish (Aulostomus maculatus)
Trumpetfish (Aulostomus maculatus)
Praying mantis at the toilet
Praying mantis at the toilet
Ardeadoris Egretta, Celebes sea
Ardeadoris Egretta, Celebes sea
Ardeadoris is a genus of sea slugs which can be up to 10cm long
The marbled white (Melanargia galathea)
The marbled white (Melanargia galathea)
School of bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus), Celebes Sea
School of bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus), Celebes Sea
Neotropic cormorant, “O biguá” (Phalacrocorax brasilianus), Brazil
Neotropic cormorant, “O biguá” (Phalacrocorax brasilianus), Brazil
Sylvain azure (Limenitis reducta)
Sylvain azure (Limenitis reducta)
Spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix), Maldives
Spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix), Maldives
The porcupinefish, in case of danger can inflate itself by swallowing water to deter the potential predator with its larger volume and it can raise its spines. In addition, it concentrates a mortal poison in certain parts of its body.
Couple of Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Couple of Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Spirographe (Spirographis spallanzani), Mediterranean sea
Spirographe (Spirographis spallanzani), Mediterranean sea
The Spirograph is a sea worm living in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean and in the North Sea.
This animal, living and fixed on a rock wall, can be seen up to 40 meters deep in the water. Being able to measure up to 35 centimeters long, this animal deploys from its mouth a feather duster of filaments enabling to catch its food and some air. The stem of this sea flower is in reality a tube made out of mucus and sand by the worm.
Flower crab spider (genius: Misumena)
Flower crab spider (genius: Misumena)
Maldives Blenny (Ecsenius minutus)
Maldives Blenny (Ecsenius minutus)
Common blue (Polyommatus icarus)
Common blue (Polyommatus icarus)
Manta Ray
Manta Ray
Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
Leaf-cutting ant
Leaf-cutting ant, Costa Rica
Also known as mushroom ants, the leaf-cutting ants live in tropical regions. These ants mainly feed themselves with a special mushroom they plant inside their anthill. This mushroom grows on substrate composed of leaves collected then chewed by leaf-cutting ants.
The photographed ant brings some pieces of leaves to the anthill. The ant is capable of lifting hundred times its own weight, so the illegal passengers who climbed up the leaf should not be a problem for the ant.