Jointed Leg Gallery

Southern Festoon, Zerynthia polyxena

Southern Festoon (Zerynthia polyxena) - in flight, high speed photographic technique, Europe wing Order Lepidoptera, Family Papilionidae, european, found in hot dry grassy places, Mediterranean species that can be found in small pockets as far north as Slovakia, colourful pattern

Animal, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Critter, Ecoscene, Environment Flight, Flight, Fly Insect, Flying, Flying Insect, Invertebrate, Jointed Leg, Minibeast, Motion, Movement, Open, 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

Flat Headed Ant, Cephalotes atratus

Flat Headed Ant (Cephalotes atratus) - Iquitos, Peru, Amazon. arboreal glides down back to tree trunk recent discovery ability to glide from canopy of forest to tree, spikes on back for defence

Abdomen, Animal, Antennae, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Body, Critter, Ecoscene, Environment, Family Formicidae, Head, Invertebrate, Jointed Leg, Jungle, Legs, Macro, Minibeast, Order Hymenoptera, Side Profile, Social Insects, Thorax