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Ochlodes sylvanus
Large Skipper
Rostfarbiger Dickkopffalter
Stor bredpande
Ängssmygare
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Andrena hattorfiana ♀
Large Scabious Mining-Bee
Knautien-Sandbiene
Blåhatjordbi
Väddsandbi
Flying on Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis, Wiesen-Knautie)
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Various freight train cars on the Simplon SBB line, canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
Minolta High-Speed AF HS APO 300mm f/2.8 G with 2x TC.
May 2026 - Valletta, Malta
IMO: 1017361
Operator: Gozo Highspeed
Homeport: Malta
Built: 2023
Ex-Names: Majestic Joy, Magic 1
Length: 39.00 m
Beam: 10.00 m
Tonnage: 397 to
Capacity: 312 Passengers
May 2026 - Valletta, Malta
IMO: 1017361
Operator: Gozo Highspeed
Homeport: Malta
Built: 2023
Ex-Names: Majestic Joy, Magic 1
Length: 39.00 m
Beam: 10.00 m
Tonnage: 397 to
Capacity: 312 Passengers
SBB Re460 lok in the blue livery of the glass factory that bears its name. Here on the Simplon line, canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
Minolta High-Speed AF HS APO 300mm f/2.8 G with 2x TC.
High-speed sync (HSS) photo of a water droplet creating a crown upon impact.
Chalcosyrphus valgus ♂ (Diptera, Syrphidae)
Lesser Orang-thighed Leafwalker
Rotbeinige Mulmschwebfliege
Sort Træsmuldsvirreflue
Rödbent Mulmblomfluga
Body length 14 mm
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A rare fly and a lifer for me, my wife had one already six weeks earlier ;-))
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SBB-CFF-FFS passenger train on the Simplon line, canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
Minolta High-Speed AF HS APO 300mm f/2.8 G with 2x TC.
Trichius fasciatus
Eurasian Bee Beetle
Gebänderter Pinselkäfer
Stor Humlebille
Bandad Humlebagge
Body length 11 mm
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April 2026 - Valletta, Malta
IMO: 1084601
Operator: Gozo Highspeed
Homeport: Malta
Built: 2025
Length: 40.00 m
Beam: 10.00 m
Tonnage: 468 to
Capacity: 300 Passengers
April 2026 - Valletta, Malta
IMO: 1084601
Operator: Gozo Highspeed
Homeport: Malta
Built: 2025
Length: 40.00 m
Beam: 10.00 m
Tonnage: 468 to
Capacity: 300 Passengers
Die letzten Wochen der 406er.
Cordilura ciliata ♂ (Diptera, Scathophagidae)
Ciliate Cordilura, Dung Fly
Dungfliege
Møgflue
Kolvfluga
Body length 8 mm
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Explored, June 16, 2026
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The sociable weaver (Philetairus socius).
These are the birds that "builds large, compound, community nests, a rarity among birds. These nests are perhaps the most spectacular structure built by any bird" (Wikipedia). The large nest hang on or under the tree. The sociable weaver is endemic to the Kalahari Desert in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.
Taken in Etosha National Park. Namibia.
Ectemnius spec. ♂♀ ?
Crabronid Wasps
Grabwespen
Gravehvepse
Grävstekelar
Help with ID very welcome!
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Pterophoridae
Plume Moth
Federmotte
Fjermøl
Fjädermott
Help with ID is welcome! Wing tip to wing tip 20 mm
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Leading riders at Nocturina ladies Sun God cycle event at Cornhill london
