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Iglesia de San Francisco Javier (Church of San Francisco Xavier), Caceres, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Inner Yard, San Javier Mission, Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Santa Cruz department, Bolivia, South America

Colourful painted front portal, San Javier Mission, Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Santa Cruz department, Bolivia, South America

Colourful painted San Javier Mission, Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Santa Cruz department, Bolivia, South America

Colourful painted San Javier Mission, Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Santa Cruz department, Bolivia, South America

Shipbreakers #01. EPOTY 2012 entry. In Chittagong, Bangladesh, is the world's largest marine cemetery. Hundreds of ships annually go to these shores, where a huge number of workers, day by day, working by hand scrapping these huge masses of metal, all without gloves, barefoot and without health insurance.

Uyuni, Bolivia. EPOTY 2012 entry. The industrialization of lithium in Bolivia has become a hope of economic development for the people of the provinces surrounding the Salar de Uyuni (Potosi)

San Javier, Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. November 16, 2021. Two men with dogs in San Javier.

San Javier, Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the San Francisco Mission in San Javier.

A high magnification picture of the ocelli and ommatidium of a german wasp; a special technique to get a SEM like image was used.

Somo kind of wolf spider, they are robust and agile hunters with good eyesight. They live mostly solitary lives and hunt alone. Some are opportunistic hunters pouncing upon prey as they find it or even chasing it over short distances. Some will wait for passing prey in or near the mouth of a burrow.

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Red Fox (Pseudalopex culpaeus), Perito Moreno National Park, Southern Andean Patagonia, Santa Cruz, Argentina

Red Cloud over Cerro León (1424m), Perito Moreno National Park, Southern Andean Patagonia, Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Guanacos (Lama guanicoe) Guanaco in the Wild, Perito Moreno National Park, Southern Andean Patagonia, Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Sunrise hits Andes Mountains from "El Rincón", Perito Moreno National Park, Southern Andean Patagonia, Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Lake Belgrano view from Cerro Leon (1434m), Perito Moreno National Park, Southern Andean Patagonia, Santa Cruz, Argentina

"El Rincon" Campsite at Night, Perito Moreno National Park, Southern Andean Patagonia, Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

The sponging mouthparts consist of a fleshy, elbowed labium, at the distal end of which are large, sponge-like organs called the labella (singular, labellum). The labella is a complex structure consisting of many grooves, called pseudotrachea, which sops up liquids much like a sponge does.

Like their relatives the honey bees, bumble bees feed on nectar and gather pollen to feed their young

Damselflies are similar to dragonflies, but are smaller, have slimmer bodies, and most species fold the wings along the body when at rest.

Tipula is a very large insect genus in the fly family Tipulidae. They are commonly known as crane flies or daddy longlegs. Worldwide there are well over a thousand species.

Very high magnification shot of a silverfish eye; a special technique was used to reveal all the eye surface texture in order to get a SEM like image, but with colour.

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the European honey bee, for producing honey and beeswax.

A magnified view of its beautiful eye; a special technique was used to remove the ommatidum reflections, leaving an image with SEM like surface detail

Road to Monte Zeballos near Los Antiguos, Province of Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Household cockroaches are parasitized by this ensing wasp , it is an important biological control. Easy recogniced by it particular body shape and beautiful deep blue eyes

A Musca domestica or house fly showing a severe mite infestion; three mites under the subgenal area and two more between labellum and thorax. Those mites show a bright red colour and finger-print like texture

A long-horned bee covered in pollen; the males of this solitary bee species are easy to identify because of the long antennae

A bush cricket on a Rosmary plant. The atrophied wings of Ephippiger species are unfit to flight and only used for the emission of sounds. This one has some parasitic mites on it

This is the most common ladybird in Europe, introduced in many countries as pests control agents as they are voracious predators of aphids

Tipula is a very large insect genus in the fly family Tipulidae. They are commonly known as crane flies or daddy longlegs. Worldwide there are well over a thousand species.

Some kind of cucko wasp, there arer over 3000 species. Parasitoid or cleptoparasitic wasps, this one is highly sculptured, with brilliantly colored metallic-like body

Anthidium manicatum or European wool carder bee, they are leaf-cutters and use leaves and petals from various ornamental plants such as roses, azaleas, ash, redbud, and bougainvillea. They use the leaf and petal segments to construct their nests

Some kind of cucko wasp, there arer over 3000 species. Parasitoid or cleptoparasitic wasps, this one is highly sculptured, with brilliantly colored metallic-like body

A common and widespread fly of the family Stratiomyidae, and quite possibly the best-known species in the entire infraorder. The larvae are used in manure management, for both house fly control and reduction in manure volume, and the mature larvae and prepupae raised in manure management operations are themselves useful as feed supplements

Episyrphus balteatus, sometimes called the marmalade hoverfly; like most other hoverflies it mimics a much more dangerous insect, the solitary wasp, though it is a quite harmless species

Peacock tail feathers are pigmented brown, but their microscopic structure makes them also reflect blue, turquoise, and green light, and they are often iridescent.

The German wasp has typical wasp colours of black and yellow. It is very similar to the common wasp (Vespula vulgaris), but its face has three tiny black dots.

As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods.

This is the most common ladybird in Europe, introduced in many countries as pests control agents as they are voracious predators of aphids

Psilothrix is a genus of soft-winged flower beetles; they are very shy and will throw themselves to the ground if they feel any danger. The colour of this beautiful insect is brilliant metallic blue-green.

A Hybomitra affinis, horse fly. Horse flies are often large and agile in flight, and the females bite animals, including humans, to obtain blood. They prefer to fly in sunlight, avoiding dark and shady areas, and are inactive at night.

Jumping spider; about 5.00 species, making it the largest spider family. Those wonerfull eyes have evolved to make it a fierce predator

Crane flies are often misidentified as giant mosquitos but they are not related at all. They do have beautiful eyes.

This is the most common ladybird in Europe, introduced in many countries as pests control agents as they are voracious predators of aphids

Black soldier flies are common and widespread fly of the family Stratiomyidae. Neither the larvae nor adults are considered pests or vectors. Instead, black soldier fly larvae play a similar role to that of redworms as essential decomposers in breaking down organic substrates and returning nutrients to the soil/environment.

Rhynchophorus ferrugineus or red palm weevil; it is killing all palm trees in Spain, originary from South east Asia it is believed it came to Spain in some imported palm trees from Egypt