Bios Photo 10/2023

Portrait of Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), zoo in Germany

Map Butterfly (Araschnia levana) summer generation on oregano, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Froghopper (Cercopis vulnerata), Mont Ventoux, Provence, France

Leaf Beetle (Clytra laeviuscula) mating, Mont Ventoux, Provence, France

Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) feeding young, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Longhorn Beetle (Stictoleptura fulva) taking flight, Mont Ventoux, Provence, France, Digital editing

Male kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) on a branch and dragonfly (Caleopteryx splendens) Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France. Digital editing

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on dandelion flower, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on a willow tree in bloom, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Ammophila (Ammophila heydeni)

Sword-grass (Xylena exsoleta) caterpillar on late Spider orchid (Ophrys fuciflora) Mont Ventoux , Provence, France

Apopestes (Apopestes spectrum) on Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) flowers, Mont Ventoux, Provence, France

Aphid breeding by ants, Mont Ventoux, Provence, France

Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) male in flight with a lizard in its beak, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Lack of water, Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) in a dry pond, Lorraine Regional Nature Park, France

Horned Treehopper (Centrotus cornutus) on a broom tree, Mont Ventoux, Provence, France

Tachinid Fly (Cylindromyia brassicaria) mating, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Drome Ophrys (Ophrys bertolonii ssp drumana) flowers, Mont Ventoux, Provence, France

Ruiniform sandstone crags: Braut und Brautigam, Palatinate Regional Nature Park, Germany

Sandstone rocks, Palatinate Regional Nature Park: Dahn rock country, Germany

Starflower Pincushion (Lomelosia stellata) flowers, Mont Ventoux, Provence, France

Clearwing moth (Chamaesphecia mysiniformis) female, France

Greater chickweed (Stellaria neglecta) flowers, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France. Digital editing

Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) on a fir tree, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis) with caterpillar prey in Kruger National park, South Africa

Cape Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis nitens) immature standing on a branch in Kruger National park, South Africa

Cape Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis nitens) taking bath in waterhole in Kruger National park, South Africa

Cape Glossy Starling bathing and spalshing in backlit in Kruger National park, South Africa ; Specie Lamprotornis nitens family of Sturnidae

Green wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) standing on a branch isolated in natural background in Kruger National park, South Africa

Green wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) standing on a branch isolated in natural background in Kruger National park, South Africa

Green wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) standing on a branch isolated in natural background in Kruger National park, South Africa

Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) standing on a branch isolated in natural background in Kruger National park, South Africa

Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) bathing in watherhole in Kruger National park, South Africa

Natal francolin (Pternistis natalensis) walking on the ground in Kruger National park, South Africa

Two Southern Red billed Hornbill (Tockus rufirostris) fighting in Kruger National park, South Africa

Southern Red billed Hornbill (Tockus rufirostris) in backlit at dawn in Kruger National park, South Africa

Red billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) grooming common impala (Aepyceros melampus) in Kruger National park, South Africa

Red-billed Quelea (Quelea quelea) male standing in bush in Kruger National park, South Africa

Three banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris) drinking in waterhole with reflection in Kruger National park, South Africa

Village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus) and sparrow taking bath in waterhole in Kruger National park, South Africa

Wood Sandpipe (Tringa glareola) walking along waterhole in Kruger National park, South Africa

Wall rue (Asplenium ruta-muraria), Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France

Wood cranesbill (Geranium sylvaticum), Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France

Geranium bronze (Cacyreus marshalli) on a Pelargonium leaf (Pelargonium sp.), Alpes-Maritimes, France

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on Wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox) with a Locust blowfly (Stomorhina lunata) in december, Gers, France

Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus Balteatus) resting on a leaf, Gard, France

Cardinalfish (Apogon imberbis). In the image you can see a male with the laying in the mouth. The female deposits her eggs (about 20,000) inside the m...

Hydroid (Aglaophenia acacia), Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Axillary seabream (Pagellus acarne). Bream school with diver, Tenerife. Fish of the Canary Islands.

BARRACUDA (Sphyraena viridensis). Barracuda school with diver. Tenerife, underwater bottoms of the Canary Islands.