Mammals

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  ♀ Loxodonta africana
  (African Bush Elephant)
  with six-week-old baby, Matetsi Safari Area, Zimbabwe
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  Elephas maximus
  (Sri Lankan elephant)
  family in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

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  ♀ Diceros bicornis occidentalis
  (South-western black rhinoceros)
  in Etosha National Park, Namibia
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  Rhinoceros unicornis
  (Indian rhinoceros)
  near Narayani River, Chitwan Community Forest buffer zone, Nepal

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  ♂ Panthera leo
  (lion)
  Old male in Chobe National Park, Botswana
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  ♂ Panthera leo
  (lion)
  Six-year-old, Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa
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  ♀ Acinonyx jubatus
  (Cheetah)
  Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa
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  Panthera pardus pardus
  (African Leopard)
  Kruger National Park, South Africa
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  ♂ Panthera onca palustris
  (Pantanal Jaguar)
  Three Brothers River, Pantanal, Brazil
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  ♀ Panthera onca palustris
  (Pantanal Jaguar)
  Piquiri River, Pantanal, Brazil
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  ♀ Puma concolor
  (Puma)
  Torres del Paine, Chile
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  ♀ Panthera tigris tigris
  (Bengal tiger)
  Kanha National Park, India
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  ♀ Panthera tigris tigris
  (Bengal tiger)
  Kanha National Park, India
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  ♀ Panthera pardus kotiya
  (Sri Lankan leopard)
  Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
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  Canis simensis citernii
  (Ethiopian wolf)
  on the Sanetti Plateau, Ethiopia

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  Phataginus tricuspis
  (Tree pangolin)
  Nyamebe Bepo Forest Reserve, Ashanti Region, Ghana

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  ♀ Gorilla beringei beringei
  (Mountain Gorilla)
  female, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
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  ♀ Gorilla beringei beringei
  (Mountain Gorilla)
  10-month-old baby, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
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  Gorilla beringei beringei
  (Mountain Gorilla)
  2-year-olds in the Mubare Group, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
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  ♀ Nasalis larvatus
  (Proboscis Monkey)
  Labuk Bay, Borneo, Malaysia

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  ♀ Ursus arctos
  (Eurasian brown bear)
  in the forest near Stari Kot, Loški Potok, Slovenia
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  Melursus ursinus inornatus
  (Sri Lankan sloth bear)
  in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

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  ♂ Bison bonasus
  (European bison)
  Białowieża Forest, Poland
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  ♂ Ovibos moschatus
  (Muskox)
  Dovrefjell–Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway
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  ♂ Syncerus caffer caffer
  (African buffalo)
  with a cattle egret in Chobe National Park, Botswana
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  Equus quagga
  (Plains zebras)
  Maputo National Park, Mozambique
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  Aepyceros melampus
  (Red-billed oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchu on impala)
  in Chobe National Park, Botswana
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  Gazella gazella & Gazella marica
  (Mountain gazelle and Arabian sand gazelle)
  in Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, UAE
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  Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
  (Capybara)
  with Yellow-headed caracara (Milvago chimachima), Brazil
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  Suricata suricatta
  (Meerkats)
  Dawn in Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa

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  Macropus giganteus
  (Eastern grey kangaroo)
  Mount Annan, New South Wales, Australia
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  Ornithorhynchus anatinus
  (Duck-billed platypus)
  Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia
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  Dasyurus viverrinus
  (Eastern quoll)
  Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia

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  Pteropus tonganus
  (Polynesian flying fox)
  on the island of Taveuni, Fiji

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  Megaptera novaeangliae
  (Humpback whale)
  Eyjafjörður, Iceland
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  Megaptera novaeangliae
  (Humpback whale) with calf
  off Moʻorea, French Polynesia
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  Megaptera novaeangliae
  (Humpback whale) calf
  off Moʻorea, French Polynesia
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  Phoca vitulina vitulina
  (Common seal)
  off the island of Lismore, Argyll, Scotland
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  Delphinus delphis
  (Common dolphins) adult and calf
  Sagres, Portugal

Birds

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  Merops philippinus
  (Cuban tody)
  on Cayo Guillermo, Cuba
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  ♂ Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi
  (Violet-backed starling)
  drinking in Damaraland, Namibia
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  ♂ Mellisuga helenae
  (Bee Hummingbird)
  the world’s smallest bird, a Cuban endemic
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  Mellisuga minima
  (Vervain Hummingbird)
  the world’s 2nd smallest bird; in Jamaica
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  ♀ Selasphorus flammula
  (Volcano hummingbird)
  the World’s 3rd smallest bird flower-piercing in Chiriquí Province, Panama
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  Riccordia bicolor
  (Blue-headed hummingbird)
  
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  Heliodoxa aurescens
  (Gould's Jewelfront)
  at Machu Picchu
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  ♂ Cinnyris osea osea
  (Palestine sunbird)
  feeding in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
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  Coracias caudatus
  (Lilac-breasted roller)
  Kruger National Park, South Africa
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  ♀ Cinnyris jugularis flammaxillaris
  (Olive-backed sunbird)
  feeding on yellow oleander (Cascabela thevetia) on Ko Phi Phi Le, Thailand
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  Corythornis cristatus thomensis
  (São Tomé malachite kingfisher)
  on São Tomé Island, São Tomé and Príncipe
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  ♀ Megaceryle maxima
  (Giant Kingfisher)
  Breaking the tilapia’s backbone, Lake Naivasha, Kenya
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  ♂♀ Ceryle rudis rudis
  (Pied kingfishers)
  pair in Chobe National Park, Botswana
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  Merops apiaster
  (European bee-eaters)
  each with a dragonfly, Hungary
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  Merops bullockoides
  (White-fronted bee-eater)
  on the Linyanti River, Namibia
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  Merops philippinus
  (Blue-tailed bee-eater)
  Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
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  Agapornis roseicollis
  (Rosy-faced lovebirds)
  making friends in Erongo, Namibia
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  Ara macao cyanopterus
  (Scarlet macaw)
  Copán Ruinas, Honduras
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  Vini solitaria
  (Collared lory)
  on octopus tree (Heptapleurum actinophyllum), Colo-I-Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji
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  Myiopsitta monachus
  (Monk parakeets)
  Colonia Department, Uruguay
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  ♂ Dicaeum ignipectus
  (Fire-breasted flowerpecker)
  Phulchowki Mountain, Nepal
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  ♂ Ploceus cucullatus
  (Village Weaver)
  nest-building, Queen Elizabeth National Park Uganda
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  ♂ Phoenicurus moussieri
  (Moussier's redstart)
  Toubkal, Morocco
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  ♂ Myzomela nigriventris
  Samoan myzomela (Myzomela nigriventris)
  Upolu, Samoa
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  Phoenicurus phoenicurus]
  (Redstart - ringed)
  Għadira Nature Reserve, Malta
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  Gracupica contra
  (Asian pied starlings)
  Sali, Uttar Pradesh, India
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  Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  (Tui)
  on Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
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  Dendrocygna autumnalis
  (Black-bellied Whistling Ducks)
  on Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
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  Alopochen aegyptiaca
  (Egyptian goose and goslings)
  Bürgerpark, Bremen, Germany
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  Picathartes gymnocephalus
  (White-necked rockfowl)
  Nyamebe Bepo Forest Reserve, Ghana
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  Buphagus africanus
  (Yellow-billed oxpeckers on zebra)
  in Senegal
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  Pycnonotus jocosus
  (Red-whiskered bulbuls)
  exchanging food on Mauritius
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  Fratercula arctica
  (Puffin with lesser sand eels)
  on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire
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  ♂ Anthracoceros coronatus
  (Malabar pied hornbill)
  Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
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  Phoenicopterus roseus
  (Greater flamingos)
  Dohat Arad Lagoon, Muharraq, Bahrain
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  Ciconia ciconia
  (White stork)
  Carrying plastic for nest, Fitted with transmitter. Huelva, Spain
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  Ramphastos sulfuratus
  (Keel-billed toucan)
  near Flores in Guatemala
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  Andigena hypoglauca
  (Grey-breasted mountain toucan)
  Hacienda El Bosque, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
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  Aulacorhynchus haematopygus sexnotatus
  (Crimson-rumped toucanet)
  Refugio Paz de Las Aves, Ecuador
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  Rupornis magnirostris griseocauda
  (Roadside hawk)
  eating speckled racer in Belize
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  Podiceps grisegena
  (Red-necked grebe)
  breeding adult, Gronjordssoen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  Phalacrocorax carbo
  (Great cormorants)
  Lapmežciems beach, Ķemeri National Park, Latvia
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  ♂ Houbaropsis bengalensis blandini
  (Bengal florican)
  Tonlé Sap, Cambodia

Butterflies and moths

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  Pachliopta hector
  (Crimson Rose)
  Kumarkom, Kerala, India
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  Papilio machaon gorganus
  (Old World swallowtail)
  Termini, Sorrento Peninsula, Italy
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  Papilio crino
  (Common banded peacock)
  Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India.
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  Aporia crataegi
  (Black-veined white)
  on early marsh-orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata), Tagamõisa Conservation Area, Saaremaa, Estonia
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  Mylothris rueppellii haemus
  (Twin dotted border)
  newly emerged in Johannesburg, South Africa
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  Charaxes jasius jasius
  (Two-tailed pasha)
  Europe’s only charaxes, Sithonia, Greece
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  Euphaedra themis
  (Crimson-spotted forester)
  in the Bobiri Forest, Ghana
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  Doleschallia bisaltide
  (Autumn leaf)
  Bali, Indonesia
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  Cymothoe hobarti
  (Red glider)
  Kakamega Forest, Kenya
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  Inachis io
  (European Peacock)
  Otmoor RSPB reserve, Oxfordshire
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  Danaus plexippus
  (Monarch butterflies)
  Piedra Herrada Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
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  Danaus chrysippus
  (Plain tiger) on dwarf poinciana (Caesalpinia pulcherrima f. rosea)
  Botanic Gardens, Singapore
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  Boloria graeca balcanica
  (Balkan fritillary)
  Yastrebets, Rila Mountains, Bulgaria
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  Melitaea didyma
  (Spotted fritillary)
  Galichica National Park, Republic of North Macedonia
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  Euphydryas aurinia
  (Marsh Fritillaries)
  mating in Brickes Wood, Lydlinch, Dorset
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  Issoria baumanni excelsior
  (Baumann's mountain fritillary)
  Slopes of Mount Bisoge, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
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  Polygonia c-album aberration hutchinsoni
  Comma
  Fermyn Woods, Northamptonshire
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  ♂ Coenonympha gardetta
  Alpine heath
  Wengen, Switzerland
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  Callicore texa
  (Texa eighty-eight)
  Cristalino Lodge, Amazon, Brazil
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  Polyommatus bellargus
  (Adonis blue)
  Yoesden Bank, Buckinghamshire
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  Leptotes cassius theonus
  (Cassius Blue)
  near Las Terrazas, Cuba
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  ♂ Leptotes pirithous
  (Lang's Short-tailed Blue)
  Alvão Nature Park, Portugal
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  Polyommatus icarus
  (Common blues)
  mating on Yoesden Bank, Buckinghamshire
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  Brephidium exilis thompsoni
  (Grand Cayman pygmy blue)
  The World's smallest butterfly, endemic to Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
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  ♀ Polyommatus icarus mariscolore
  (Common blue)
  rare ssp mariscolore from the Burren, County Clare, Ireland
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  Callophrys rubi
  (Green hairstreak)
  Aston Upthorpe, Oxfordshire

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  Tyria jacobaeae
  (Cinnabar moth)
  Piddington Wood, Oxfordshire
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  Agrius convolvuli
  (Convolvulus hawk-moth )
  Gorski kut, Rila Monastery, Bulgaria
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  Yponomeuta evonymella
  (Bird-cherry ermine moth)
  a nest of caterpillars in Lahemaa National Park, Estonia
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  Trosia nigropunctigera
  (Rosy ermine moth)
  Mount Totumas cloud forest, Chiriquí Province, Panama
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  Adhemarius gannascus
  (Sphinx moth)
  in the Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama
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  Xylophanes crotonis
  (Sphinx moth caterpillar)
  in the Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama
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  Laothoe populi
  (Poplar hawk-moth) late instar larva
  in Parc du Marquenterre, Baie de Somme, France

Dragonflies and damselflies

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  ♂ Brachytron pratense
  (Hairy dragonfly)
  in The Burren, County Clare
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  Somatochlora metallica
  (Brilliant emerald)
  teneral female, Moat Pond, Thursley, Surrey
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  ♂ Brachytron pratense
  (Hairy dragonfly)
  eating a bee, Koigi Bog, Saaremaa, Estonia
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  ♂♀ Sympetrum striolatum
  ( Common darters)
  mating in Kew Gardens, London
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  ♀ Sympetrum striolatum
  (Common darter)
  at RSPB Otmoor, Oxfordshire

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  ♂ Platycypha caligata
  (Dancing Jewel)
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  ♂ Calopteryx virgo
  (Beautiful demoiselle)
  Crockford Stream, New Forest, Hampshire
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  ♂♀ Enallagma cyathigerum
  (Common blue damselflies)
  mating in Whitecross Green Wood, Buckinghamshire
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  ♀ Lestes barbarus
  (Migrant spreadwing)
  in Blankaart Nature Reserve, Diksmuide, Belgium
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  ♀♂ Ceriagrion tenellum female form typica
  (Small red damselflies)
  mating at Ober Water, New Forest, Hampshire
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  ♂ Lestes sponsa
  (Emerald damselfly)
  Warren Heath, Hampshire

Grasshoppers

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  Acanthacris ruficornis
  (Garden locust)
  in Ghana
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  ♀ Zonocerus variegatus
  (Variegated grasshopper)
  Bobiri Forest, Ghana
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  Metrioptera roeselii diluta
  (Roesel's bush-cricket)
  first record in Finemere Wood, Oxfordshire
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  ♂ Opaon varicolor
  (Chocó grasshopper)
  endemic flightless grasshopper in the Andes of Colombia

Other insects and spiders

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  Dysmachus trigonus
  (Fan-bristled robber fly)
  with bee prey in the Babadag Forest, Romania
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  Scaeva pyrastri
  (Pied hoverfly)
  on chicory (Cichorium intybus) in Romania
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  ♀ Libelloides macaronius
  (Owlfly)
  in Istria, Croatia
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  Phromnia rosea
  (Flatid leaf bugs and nymphs)
  in Ankarana Reserve, Madagascar
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  Pyrops candelaria
  (Lantern bug)
  Double Haven Country Trail, Hong Kong, China
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  Trichius fasciatus
  (Bee beetle and flower crab spider Thomisidae sp.)
  Valöns Naturreservat, Västra Götaland, Sweden
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  ♀ Rutpela maculata
  (Spotted longhorn )
  Ruggeller Riet, Liechtenstein
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  Peucetia madagascariensis
  (Malagasy green lynx spider)
  with green bottle fly (Lucilia sp.) in Madagascar

Reptiles and amphibians

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  ♂ Varanus komodoensis
  (Komodo Dragon)
  Komodo Island, Indonesia
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  Caiman yacare
  (Yacare Caiman)
  in the Pantanal, Brazil
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  Crocodylus palustris
  (Mugger crocodile)
  in the Senanayake Samudraya, Gal Oya, Sri Lanka
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  Calumma brevicorne
  (Short-horned chameleon)
  in Andasibe, Madagascar
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  ♂ Camlumma amber
  (Amber Mountain chameleon)
  in Montagne d’Ambre National Park, Madagascar
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  Trioceros rudis
  (Rough Chameleon)
  Slopes of Mount Bisoge, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
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  Trachylepis striata
  (African striped skinks)
  Malolotja National Park, Eswatini
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  ♀♂ Acanthodactylus boskianus
  (Bosc's fringe-toed lizards)
  courtship in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
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  Stellagama stellio
  (Roughtail rock agama)
  Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
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  Calotes calotes
  (Green garden lizard hunting)
  Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka
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  Emys orbicularis hellenica
  (Hellenic pond turtle)
  Butrint in Alabania
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  Testudo graeca nabeulensis
  {Tunisian tortoise)
  Cap Bon, Tunisia
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  Natrix maura
  (Viperine water snake)
  Extremadura region, Spain
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  Natrix natrix
  {Grass snake}}
  Pieniny, Slovakia

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  Mantella baroni
  (Variegated golden frog)
  in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar
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  Agalychnis annae
  (Golden-eyed tree frog)
  in Costa Rica
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  Pelophylax cypriensis
  (Cyprus water frogs)
  in Cyprus
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  Amietophrynus gutturalis (African common toad)
  swimming in Lake Sibaya, South Africa

Crabs

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  Grapsus grapsus
  (Galápagos Sally Lightfoot)
  Moreno Point on Isabela Island, Galápagos, Ecuador
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  Pachygrapsus marmoratus
  (Marbled crab)
  Butrint in Albania

Fish

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  Carcharhinus melanopterus
  (Blacktip reef shark)
  off Moʻorea, French Polynesia