Images Dated 2010

Bee Orchid, Ophrys apifera

Bee Orchid, Ophrys apifera - close up of flowerhead showing hanging pollinia, Monkton Chalkpit Nature Reserve, Kent
flower shape and colour thought to mimic shape and colour of the solitary bee to attract this pollinator but mostly
self pollinating in UK, perennial, favours dry grassland, usually on chalky soils, Pollenia held above flower with packets of pollen, drop down to pollinate stigma of own flower

Serpa Solar Power Plant, Portugal

Serpa Solar Power Plant - rows of panels, completed 2007, 11 megawatt, 11 MW, Alentejo, uses PowerLight Power Tracker system to follow sun, generates twice as much electricity as a fixed system, powers 8000 homes, carbon dioxide emission reduced by 30000 tonnes compared to same amount of conventional electricity.. solar, renewable, sustainable, green, sunlight, energy, conversion, panel, photo voltaic, suns energy, electricity, electric, reduces carbon dioxide emission, global warming, climate change,, alternative, clean power, generation, photovoltaic, PV panels, PV, low impact, green, eco, environment

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