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Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) jumping. Europe Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) male. Oak Bush Cricket (Meconema thalassinum) female, on rose stem. Europe Young Oak (Quercus robur) leaves with Speckled Bush Cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima). Europe Fish louse (Caligus sp) showing egg sacs. Pigeon Louse (Columbicola columbae) on a feather. Worldwide Pigeon Lice (Columbicola columbae) on a feather. Female aphid (Aphididae) giving birth to young. Winged female aphid (Aphididae) giving birth to young. Winged female aphid (Aphididae) giving birth to young. Winged female aphid (Aphididae) giving birth to young. Winged Rose Aphid (Macrosiphum rosae) female with newly born offspring. Woolly aphids covered in wax filaments on Douglas Fir tree. Aphids killed by parasitic wasps, leaving only hollow shells with neatly-cut holes through which the wasps emerged. Beech Woolly Aphid (Phyllaphis fagi) on a beech leaf. Nettle Aphid (Microlophium carnosum) winged female. Rose Aphid (Macrosiphum rosae) winged female with green and pink offspring. Rose Aphid (Macrosiphum rosae) mature female. Rose Aphid (Macrosiphum rosae) winged female with offspring. Cat Fleas (Ctenocephalides felis). Worldwide Dog flea (Ctenocephalides canis) male and female. Worldwide Rose Aphid (Macrosiphum rosae) winged female giving birth. Greenhouse Whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum). Nettle Aphids (Microlophium carnosum) at various stages of growth on a nettle stem. Sycamore Aphid (Drepanosiphum platanoides) over-wintering female giving birth to a young aphid and surrounded by her family. Nettle Aphid (Microlophium carnosum) female giving birth. Cat Flea (Ctenocephalides felis). Cat Flea (Ctenocephalides felis) larvae coiled in defensive position. Cat Flea (Ctenocephalides felis) larva. Cat Flea (Ctenocephalides felis) female, laying an egg. Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia) female guarding eggs. Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia) female guarding eggs and newly-hatched young. Europe Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia) female. Tawny Cockroach (Ectobius pallidus) female carrying egg pod. Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia) female guarding her young and eggs. Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia) male. Springtails (Colembola) floating on the surface of a pond with detritus including red spider mite, larger Colembola species, small beetle, small parasitic wasp, mammalian hair, birch seed and mosquito egg mass. Springtail (Collembola) x10 magnification. Two pronged bristletail (Campodea sp). Two pronged bristletail (Campodea sp). Two pronged bristletail (Campodea sp). Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina). Marine Springtails (Anurida maritima) clustering on the surface of a tide pool. Europe Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina). Mayfly nymphs (Cloeon sp.) showing gills x4. UK. Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus). Siamese cat reaching up to swipe at passing butterflies. A young Siamese cat takes a leap to try and catch a butterfly. Kitten watching a cricket and preparing to pounce. A white kitten watching a passing honey bee. Cat with a honey bee on its face. Cream cat with a honey bee on its face. Cat sniffing a flower with a honey bee in it. Kitten going into mock frightened display at the sight of a large stag beetle. 6 Colourpoint kittens in a group. Bengal kitten Spike looking at a honey bee on his mother, Rasha's tail. Bengal kitten, Spike, 8 weeks old, watching a large hornet about to land on his mother, Rasha's ear. Crouching cat looking at a Cricket. Sable Border Collie, Jack, snapping at flies. Photographer Kim Taylor, assisted by his dog Bess, setting up a fully automated system to photograph a dragonfly patrolling over a pond.
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