Kim Taylor / Female Mosquito (Culex pipiens) emerging from its aquatic pupa, June.
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Kim Taylor / Peacock butterfly (Aglais io) caterpillar suspending itself from a silk pad by its rear prolegs before shedding its larval skin and emerging as a pupa, June.
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Alex Hyde / Orange-tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) egg and newly-emerged caterpillar on seed pod of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata). Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. May. Focus stacked imag...
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Juergen Freund / Timelapse of a Cairns birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion) butterfly caterpillar metamorphosing into a chrysalis, Queensland, Australia, April.
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Juergen Freund / Timelapse of a Cairns birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion) butterfly caterpillar emerging from egg on an Dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia) leaf and feeding, Queensland, Australia, April.
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James Dunbar / Timelapse of a Tiger longwing (Heliconius hecale) forming a chrysalis. Controlled conditions. Native to South and Central America.
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Theo Bosboom / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) close up of recently emerged damselfly, including the green liquids that are used to pump up the wings. Hondenven, Tubbergen, the Netherlands. July.
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Theo Bosboom / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) close up of the wings of a just emerged damselfly, including the green liquids that are used to pump up the wings. Hondenven, Tubbergen, the Netherlands....
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Lucas Bustamante / Coastal glassfrog (Cochranella litoralis) on leaf with eggs. San Lorenzo, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
MYN / Paul van Hoof / Common spadefoot toad (Pelobates fuscus) composite showing metamorphosis from larva to adult, The Netherlands, meetyourneighbours.net project
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Ingo Arndt / Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillar pupating, close up, Germany. July. Sequence 6 of 13.
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Ingo Arndt / Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillar pupating, close up, Germany. July. Sequence 5 of 13.
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Ingo Arndt / Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillar pupating, close up, Sequence 3 of 13.
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Ingo Arndt / Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillar pupating, close up, Germany. July. Sequence 2 of 13.
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Ingo Arndt / Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillar pupating, close up, Germany. Sequence 1 of 13.
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Ingo Arndt / Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillar pupating, close up, Germany. July. Sequence 13 of 13.
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Ingo Arndt / Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillar pupating, close up, Germany. July. Sequence 12 of 13.
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Ingo Arndt / Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillar pupating, close up, Germany. July. Sequence 11 of 13.
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Ingo Arndt / Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillar pupating, close up, Germany. July. Sequence 10 of 13.
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Ingo Arndt / Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillar pupating, close up, Germany. July. Sequence 9 of 13.
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Ingo Arndt / Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillar pupating, close up, Germany. July. Sequence 8 of 13.
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Ingo Arndt / Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillar pupating, close up, Germany. July. Sequence 7 of 13.
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Doug Wechsler / Cicada nymphs emerging after 17 years underground, climbing up tree en masse to undergo metamorphosis, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, June, 2021.
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Doug Wechsler / Cicada nymphs emerging after 17 years underground, crawling over dead and weakened nymphs, then climbing up tree to undergo metamorphosis, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, June, 2021.
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Doug Wechsler / Cicada nymphs emerging after 17 years underground, climbing up tree en masse to undergo metamorphosis, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, June, 2021.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Bicolored trailing ants (Monomorium floricola), queen, workers and larvae on black background, the Urban Entomology Lab, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Ghost ants (Tapinoma melanocephalum) tending to their brood of larvae and pupae, on black background, Urban Entomology Lab, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. Captive.
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Doug Wechsler / Ferruginous carpenter ant (Camponotus chromaiodes) queen in new nest beneath bark, with young workers, eggs, larvae and pupae, Pennsylvania, USA. July.
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Nick Upton / Pine sawfly (Diprion pini) larva preparing to pupate on a Horsetail stem, Kenfig National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, July.
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Edwin Giesbers / Digital composite of Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) caterpillar, pupa, chrysalis and emerging adult.
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Magnus Lundgren / Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) swimming for their lives during their epic run up a rapid Alaskan river, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. Golden Turtle Wildlife Festival Competition 2021 - Runner up...
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Emergence of Common yellow swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) from chrysalis, drying out on twig, sequence 6 of 6, Umbria, Italy. May.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Emergence of Common yellow swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) from chrysalis, drying out and streching its wings, sequence 5 of 6, Umbria, Italy. May.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Emergence of Common yellow swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) drying out and stretching its wings, sequence 4 of 6, Umbria, Italy. May.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Emergence of Common yellow swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) out of its chrysalis, sequence 3 of 6, Umbria, Italy. May.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Emergence of Common yellow swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) out of its chrysalis, sequence 2 of 6, Umbria, Italy. May.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Common yellow swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) chrysalis on twig, sequence 1 of 6, Umbria, Italy. May.
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Ripan Biswas / Female Blue riverdamsel (Pseudagrion microcephalum) laying eggs on vegetation under the water with male wings visible above water . Water strider (Gerridae sp.) approaches in search of food, Coochbeha...
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Philippe Clement / Seeds, seed heads and flower of Spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare), Belgium. August.
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Doug Wechsler / Periodical cicada (Magicicada septendecim) expanding wings during metamorphosis, near old skin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. May 2021
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Doug Wechsler / Column of hundreds of Periodical cicada (Magiciada sp.) nymphs ascending tree trunk to metamorphose, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. June 2021
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Doug Wechsler / Column of hundreds of Periodical cicada (Magiciada sp.) nymphs ascending tree trunk to metamorphose, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. June 2021
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Doug Wechsler / Periodical cicada (Magicicada sp.) nymph emerging out of old skin during metamorphosis, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA. May 2021
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Doug Wechsler / Periodical cicada (Magicicada sp.) nymph emerging out of old skin during metamorphosis, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. June 2021
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Doug Wechsler / Periodical cicada ( Magicicada sp.) nymph in emergence tunnels prepared weeks before emergence, French Creek State Park, Pennsylvania, USA. April 2021
