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Common Blue butterfly, Polyommatus icarus
Creative black and white photograph of Common Blue butterfly on leaves, shows distinctive spots on folded wings. Photographed in the UK.

Honey bees foraging
Honey bees foraging, feeding on daisy flower heads (Asterales). Family: Apidae, Order: Hymenoptera Pollination. Insects are plant pollinators of economic importance. England, UK

Notonecta Backswimmer-Greater water boatman
Notonecta Backswimmer-Greater water boatman, Possibly Notonecta glauca. Aquatic freshwater dwelling insect. Predator on smaller organisms. Photographed in England, UK.

Mosquito aquatic larva – 02
Mosquito larva Culex sp. respirating via a breathing tube or syphon beneath water surface. Larva wrigglers, showing internal organs through translucent body.

Mosquito egg raft – 03
Mosquito egg raft on surface of water with green floating leaves. After hatching the mosquito larva will live for a period of time as aquatic microbial feeders eating plankton, small algae etc. These larvae are often known as wrigglers or … Continued

Mosquito egg raft – 02
Mosquito egg raft on surface of water. Aquatic eggs. After hatching the mosquito larva will live for a period of time as aquatic microbial feeders eating plankton, small algae etc. These larvae are often known as wrigglers or tumblers. Family: … Continued

Mosquito egg raft – 01
Mosquito egg raft on surface of water. Aquatic eggs. After hatching the mosquito larva will live for a period of time as aquatic microbial feeders eating plankton, small algae etc. These larvae are often known as wrigglers or tumblers. Family: … Continued

Aquatic Mayfly larva | 01
BW photo of aquatic (European) Mayfly larva stage living in freshwater before emerging as a free flying, terrestrial adult insect. European mayflies, like their counterparts in other parts of the world, undergo a complex life cycle with distinct stages, including … Continued