European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) throwing the Olive Bee Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) it has just captured before swallowing it, Camargue, France

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Shooting date : 2022-06-02

Keywords

Environment / Biodiversity management / Environment management / Environment protection / Natural park / Regional Natural Park

Europe / European Union / France / Occitanie / Languedoc-Roussillon / Gard 30

Unusual

Europe / European Union / France / Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur / Bouches-du-Rhône 13 / Camargue / Camargue (Regional Nature Park)

June

Species / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species / Low Risk (IUCN) LR / Least Concern (IUCN) LC

Animal / Wild animal / Invertebrate / Insect / Butterfly / Moth / Sphinx (butterfly) / Olive Bee Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)

Animal / Wild animal / Chordate / Vertebrate / Sauropsid / Bird / Coraciiforme / Bee-eater / European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

On a branch

Species / Diet pattern / Insectivore (diet)

Science / Meteorology / Meteorological phenomenon / Sky

Species / Relation between species / Predation / Prey

Species / Relation between species / Predation / Predator

Individual / Stage of development / Adult

Europe / European Union / France / Occitanie / Languedoc-Roussillon

Individual / Nobody

Latin keywords

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Protostomia / Articulata / Arthropoda / Tracheata / Antennata / Hexapoda / Insecta / Lepidoptera / Heterocera / Sphingidae / Macroglossum

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Deuterostomia / Chordata / Vertebrata / Gnathostomata / Euteleostomi / Sarcopterygii / Rhipidistia / Tetrapodomorpha / Tetrapoda / Sauropsida / Aves / Coraciiformes / Meropidae / Merops

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