Angolan giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis)

Angolan giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis)

In Namibia's Etosha National Park, there are huge areas with hardly any vegetation at all, and finding giraffes and other large animals here is quite surreal…


Heraclides torquatus

Heraclides torquatus

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park has the river Paraguá as a natural border in the west, and on the shores of the river you'll see a large number of insect…


Polydamas Swallowtail (Battus polydamas)

Polydamas Swallowtail (Battus polydamas)

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park has the river Paraguá as a natural border in the west, and on the shores of the river you'll see a large number of insect…


Ruby-spotted Swallowtail (Heraclides anchisiades)

Ruby-spotted Swallowtail (Heraclides anchisiades)

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park has the river Paraguá as a natural border in the west, and on the shores of the river you'll see a large number of insect…


Rothschild’s Swordtail (Protesilaus earis)

Rothschild’s Swordtail (Protesilaus earis)

The different species of Protesilaus can be difficult to identify, but if you think of the thick black bars on the forewing as a barcode, you actually have a…


Napo Wildlife Center Lepidoptera 09

Kite Swallowtail (Protesilaus macrosilaus)

Large and very striking butterfly. Should be easy to identify one might think, but as allways there are many species with minute variations. I notice there is…


Spisslønn (Acer platanoides)

Spisslønn (Acer platanoides)

En myk, rødlig og sårbar samling blader som har brutt seg igjennom vinterens tette og beskyttende knoppkappe. Om noen få dager brettes bladene ut og blir…


Spisslønn (Acer platanoides)

Spisslønn (Acer platanoides)

Spisslønn er kjent for de fleste når frøene faller ned som "helikoptre" om sensommer og høst. Hvem husker ikke å ha limt på et frø på nesen som liten? Nå om…


Spisslønn (Acer platanoides)

Spisslønn (Acer platanoides)

Vokser vanlig her, men kun 2 modne, store trær i området. De aller fleste er ynglinger som prøver seg, men som enten blir offer for "veikantfrisering", eller…