22 pictures found
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Pollen on a Bee's leg ; Image digitally manipullated.
Lots of
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Pollen on a Bee's leg ; Image digitally manipullated.
Lots of pollen in this bee's leg, on the top right corner you can see part of a parasitic mite on the wing.
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Portrait of an Oriental cockroach ; Image digitally
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Portrait of an Oriental cockroach ; Image digitally manipullated.
Black beetle or oriental cockroach before was very common in Spain but is being displaced by the stronger Periplaneta americana (American cockroach).
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Portrait of a Wolf spider ; Image digitally manipullated.
Somo
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Portrait of a Wolf spider ; Image digitally manipullated.
Somo kind of wolf spider, they are robust and agile hunters with good eyesight. They live mostly solitary lives and hunt alone. Some are opportunistic hunters pouncing upon prey as they find it or even chasing it over short distances. Some will wait for passing prey in or near the mouth of a burrow.
Magnification : x5
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Head of a Burrowing bug larva ; Image digitally manipullated.
4th or 5th stadium larva. Can be found in the ground or under stone, more commonly
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Head of a Burrowing bug larva ; Image digitally manipullated.
4th or 5th stadium larva. Can be found in the ground or under stone, more commonly on the plant it feeds from.
Magnification : x4
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Portrait of a Sand beetle imago and mouth ; Image digitally manipullated.
A beetle species found in costal areas and sand dunes, sometimes you can
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Portrait of a Sand beetle imago and mouth ; Image digitally manipullated.
A beetle species found in costal areas and sand dunes, sometimes you can see the marks it leaves on the sand.
Magnification : x9
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Portrait of a Sand beetle imago ; Image digitally manipullated.
A beetle species found in costal areas and sand dunes, sometimes you can see the
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Portrait of a Sand beetle imago ; Image digitally manipullated.
A beetle species found in costal areas and sand dunes, sometimes you can see the marks it leaves on the sand.
Magnification : x5
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Portrait of European paper wasp imago ; Image digitally manipullated.
Magnification : 4:1
Considered an invasive species in USA and Canada.
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Portrait of European paper wasp imago ; Image digitally manipullated.
Magnification : 4:1
Considered an invasive species in USA and Canada. Take sits name from the material used for its nests.
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Portrait of German Yellowjacket wasp imago ; Image digitally manipullated.
German wasp, this hairy wasp can be identified by its three dots in
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Portrait of German Yellowjacket wasp imago ; Image digitally manipullated.
German wasp, this hairy wasp can be identified by its three dots in the face.
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European bluebottle blowfly imago portrait ; Image digitally
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
European bluebottle blowfly imago portrait ; Image digitally manipullated.
Magnification : 6:1
Takes its common name from the blue/gray coloration in thorax and abdomen, it has very characteristic bright orange cheeks.
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European bluebottle blowfly imago portrait ; Image digitally manipullated.
Magnification : 6:1
Takes its common name from the blue/gray
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
European bluebottle blowfly imago portrait ; Image digitally manipullated.
Magnification : 6:1
Takes its common name from the blue/gray coloration in thorax and abdomen, it has very characteristic bright orange cheeks.
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Red ant worker portrait ; Image digitally manipullated.
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Red ant worker portrait ; Image digitally manipullated.
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Portrait of Flour beetle imago ; Image digitally manipullated.
Species commonly used to fed reptile or fish pets and also in biological research;
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Portrait of Flour beetle imago ; Image digitally manipullated.
Species commonly used to fed reptile or fish pets and also in biological research; can be a post-harvest pest infesting stored grain production.
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Detail of a Silverfish scales ; Image digitally manipullated.
80:1 magnification
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Detail of a Silverfish scales ; Image digitally manipullated.
80:1 magnification
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Head detail of a Silverfish ; Image digitally manipullated.
18:1 magnification
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Head detail of a Silverfish ; Image digitally manipullated.
18:1 magnification
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Small metallic bee wing with pollen and a parasitic mite ; Image
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Small metallic bee wing with pollen and a parasitic mite ; Image digitally manipullated.
100:1 magnification
It also show the texture of some pollen grains.
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Small metallic bee wing with pollen and two parasitic mites ;
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Small metallic bee wing with pollen and two parasitic mites ; Image digitally manipullated.
50:1 magnification
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Small metallic bee head top view ; It has a parasitic mite on the wing.
Image digitally manipullated.
At 7:1
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Small metallic bee head top view ; It has a parasitic mite on the wing.
Image digitally manipullated.
At 7:1
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Small metallic bee covered on pollen ; It has a parasitic mite on the wing.
Image digitally manipullated.
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Small metallic bee covered on pollen ; It has a parasitic mite on the wing.
Image digitally manipullated.
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Antenna of a Red palm weevil ; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus or red palm weevil; it is killing all palm trees in Spain, originary from South east Asia it
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Antenna of a Red palm weevil ; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus or red palm weevil; it is killing all palm trees in Spain, originary from South east Asia it is believed it came to Spain in some imported palm trees from Egypt.
Image digitally manipullated.
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Long snout and antennae of a Red palm weevil ; Rhynchophorus
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Long snout and antennae of a Red palm weevil ; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus or red palm weevil; it is killing all palm trees in Spain, originary from South east Asia it is believed it came to Spain in some imported palm trees from Egypt.
Image digitally manipullated.
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Long snout of a Red palm weevil ; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus or red palm weevil; it is killing all palm trees in Spain, originary from South east Asia
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Long snout of a Red palm weevil ; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus or red palm weevil; it is killing all palm trees in Spain, originary from South east Asia it is believed it came to Spain in some imported palm trees from Egypt.
Image digitally manipullated.
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Portrait of a Jumping spider
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Francisco Javier Torrent Andres / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Portrait of a Jumping spider