In this section, I get to tell you about some of my fauna photographs… for those of you interested in knowing what your looking at… ! And, I’m proud to say that most o fthese are from my own garden !!
Misumena vatia is a species of crab spider with holarctic distribution. In North America, where it the largest and most well-known flower spider,...
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The Caribbean Flamingo breeds in the Galapagos Islands, coastal Colombia and Venezuela and nearby islands,...
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Insects in the family Tipulidae are commonly known as crane flies. Adults are very slender...
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Giraffes also have slightly elongated forelegs, about 10% longer than their hind legs. The pace of the giraffe is an amble, though when pursued it can run extremely fast...
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Moth - Hyparpax aurora... One night, I was (apparently) very lucky and saw this very rare specimen...
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The Vervet monkeys (or "Green monkeys") live in large groups, which can consist of some males, many females and their offspring and can be as large as 80 animals. The group hierarchy....
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Lionesses are powerful animals who usually hunt in groups and stalk their chosen prey. They can reach speeds of 59 km/h (40 mph), although...
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Elephants are increasingly threatened by human intrusion and poaching.
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Numerous other common names have been applied to the crane fly, many of them more or less regional, including, mosquito hawks, mosquito eaters, gallinippers...
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The jumping spider family (Salticidae) contains more than 500 described genera and over 5,000 species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species...
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The Japanese Macaque is very smart. It is the only animal other than humans and raccoons that is known to wash its food before eating it.
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The photogenic Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx Splendens)is common along the banks of clean, slow flowing rivers in the southern half of Britain and throughout most of Ireland.
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They are called "garter" snakes because of the patterning on their sides, which resembles that of garters once worn by men to hold up their socks.
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