Images Dated 2014 June

Coffs Harbour jetty just after sunset

Coffs Harbour jetty just after sunset, a stitched panoramic image. New South Wales, Australia

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Australian, Coastal Climate, Dusk, End Of Day, Evening, Jetty, Panorama, Panoramic, Shore, Tourism, Travel Destinations, Twilight, Wharf

Peppered moths (Biston betularia)

Peppered moths (Biston betularia), melanic and light-coloured morphs, the dark for camouflage on bark, the lighter for camouflage on lichens. The dark phase is called carbonaria; the light phase is called typica. Europe

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Camouflage, Cryptic, Day, Disguise, Geometridae, Insects, Lepidoptera, Mimic, Moths, Nocturnal, Outdoors, Two Animals

Mammoth wasp (Megascolia maculata)

Mammoth wasp (Megascolia maculata) female on a Bramble stem. Female Mammoth wasps can grow to 6 cm long. They are parasites of European rhinoceros beetle larvae: they lay an egg in a larva's outer skin and when the egg hatches the wasp larva will feed on its host. Maures Mountains, Var, southeastern France

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