Mariafremlin

Hello! I love Nature and can't resist taking photos of the world around me. So I have decided to share some of them with Wikimedia!

Trees

Dragon tree - Dracaena draco

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  A notable tree
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  Aerial roots in the trunk
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  Inflorescence
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  Fruits
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  The remaining trunks of a fallen notable tree

Invertebrates

Stag beetles - Lucanidae

European stag beetle - Lucanus cervus

Larval stage

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  Third instar stag beetle larva at the edge of a log
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  Third instar female stag beetle larva

Metamorphosis

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  Stag beetle larva with an empty gut, ready to pupate
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  Freshly pupated male stag beetle
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  Male stag beetle pupa nearing eclosion
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  Freshly pupated female stag beetle

Post-eclosion behaviour

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  Male stag beetle displaying the genitalia in the last abdominal segment immediately after eclosion. Note the flagellum.
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  Female stag beetle soon after eclosion displaying the unfolded mycangium, which is just above the last abdominal segment.

Lesser stag beetle - Dorcus parallelipipedus

Larval stage

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  Third instar larva in winter diapause

Post-eclosion behaviour

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  Female with everted mycangium soon after eclosion

Molluscs

Slug eggs

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Shelled slug - Testacella haliotidea

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Vertebrates

Amphibians

Common frog - Rana temporaria

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  This frog has an empty gut and very enlarged ovaries (dark bodies)
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  Liver, left centre; empty stomach below the liver; fat body next to the stomach; spleen the dark red organ at the centre; ovaries, very large, dark, granular mass either side of the spleen