Arthropod Gallery

Swallowtailed Moth, Ourapteryx sambucaria

Swallowtailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) - in flight, night Order Lepidoptera, Family Geometridae, forest edges, woods, gardens, scrub and parks across Europe

Animal, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Critter, Ecoscene, Environment Flight, Flying, Flying Insect, High Speed Photographic Technique, Insect, Invertebrate, Jointed Leg, Minibeast, Motion, Movement, Wing, Wings

Orange Tip Butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines

Orange Tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) - adult male in flight over crocus flowers, females lack the oragne tip
Order Lepidoptera, Family Pieridae, wings closed showing patter on underside of wing, antennae, compound eye, hairy body, spring, hedgerows, gardens, damp meadows and woodland margins, high speed photographic technique, flying

Sundew feeding on a Green Lacewing

Sundew (Drosera scorpioides) Carnivorous Ppant feeding on Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea), Munich, Bavaria, Germany. the plant lures, captures, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surface

Angiosperm, Animal, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Carnivorous Plant Invertebrate, Critter, Ecoscene, Environment, Feeding, Insect, Jointed Leg, Minibeast