Invertebrates > Insects
The Common Pond Skater (Gerris lacustris), also known across the globe as the Water Strider or Jesus Bug, is one of the most familiar and physics-defying insects of tranquil European freshwaters. Belonging to the water strider family Gerridae (order Hemiptera), this...
Invertebrates > Insects
The Water Stick Insect (Ranatra linearis) is one of the most bizarre and cunning predatory insects inhabiting European freshwaters. Despite its common name, it is not a terrestrial stick insect (order Phasmatodea), but rather an aquatic true bug in the water scorpion...
Invertebrates > Insects
The Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) is one of the most magnificent, common, and anatomically curious nocturnal insects of the European summer. Belonging to the hawk-moth family Sphingidae, this large, velvety-furred giant is an absolute master of deception. When...
Invertebrates > Insects
The Lime Hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae) is one of the most exquisitely camouflaged and aesthetically stunning night-flying insects of the European summer. Belonging to the hawk-moth family Sphingidae, this large, heavy-bodied moth is a consummate master of mimetic...
Invertebrates > Insects
The Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma) is an energetic, sun-worshiping butterfly belonging to the skipper family Hesperiidae. Renowned for its explosive, low-level flight that resembles a miniature dart or buzzing fly rather than a fluttering butterfly, it is a...
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