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Pollinating bee

Pollinating bee

Lizard

Portrait of a beetle

The Coleoptera /koʊliːˈɒptərə/ order of insects is commonly called beetles. The word coleoptera is from the Greek κολεός, koleos, meaning sheath; and πτερόν, pteron, meaning wing, thus sheathed wing, because most beetles have two pairs of wings, the front pair, the elytra, being hardened and thickened into a sheath-like, or shell-like, protection for the rear pair, and for the rear part of the beetle's body. The superficial consistency of most beetles' morphology, in particular their possession of elytra, has long suggested that the Coleoptera are monophyletic, but growing evidence indicates this is unjustified, there being arguments, for example, in favour of allocating the current suborder Adephaga their own order, or very likely even more than one. The Coleoptera /koʊliːˈɒptərə/ order of insects is commonly called beetles. The word coleoptera is from the Greek κολεός, koleos, meaning sheath; and πτερόν, pteron, meaning wing, thus sheathed wing, because most beetles have two pairs of wings, the front pair, the elytra, being hardened and thickened into a sheath-like, or shell-like, protection for the rear pair, and for the rear part of the beetle's body. The superficial consistency of most beetles' morphology, in particular their possession of elytra, has long suggested that the Coleoptera are monophyletic, but growing evidence indicates this is unjustified, there being arguments, for example, in favour of allocating the current suborder Adephaga their own order, or very likely even more than one

Himalayan Monal

Himalayan Monal

A close up of a green thuja tree.

Bees collecting pollen

Bees collecting pollen

Bee during pollination

Bee during pollination

Blow fly resting on green leaf in garden, Central Park

Moth dissection micrograph

Moth dissection wing and skin detailing. Fine hairs cover the body and underside of the moth. Moth belly side. Moth dissection wing and skin detailing. Fine hairs cover the body and underside of the moth. Moth belly side.

Burma padauk flowers

Burma padauk flowers

A woodlouse woodlice is a crustacean from the monophyletic suborder Oniscidea within the isopods.

A woodlouse woodlice is a crustacean from the monophyletic suborder Oniscidea within the isopods.

Moth wing dissection micrograph

Moth dissection wing and skin detailing. Batwing shaped scales make up the moths covering. Moth dissection wing and skin detailing. Batwing shaped scales make up the moths covering.

Piranha

Turtle Testudo hermanni tortoise

Turtle Testudo hermanni tortoise

Little bee , little honey

Little bee , little honey

Burma padauk flowers

Burma padauk flowers

Turtle Testudo hermanni tortoise

Turtle Testudo hermanni tortoise

A bee on a yellow marigold flower. Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila. There are nearly 20,000 known species of bee, in nine recognized families, though many are undescribed and the actual number is probably higher. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet that contains insect-pollinated flowering plants. A bee on a yellow marigold flower. Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila. There are nearly 20,000 known species of bee, in nine recognized families, though many are undescribed and the actual number is probably higher. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet that contains insect-pollinated flowering plants.

Blow fly resting on green leaf in garden, Central Park

Back-lit Bee Feeding

Back-lit Bee Feeding

Tree Ferns, Amboro National Park, Samaipata, Bolivia

Tree Ferns, Amboro National Park, Samaipata, Bolivia

Moth

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