Images Dated 5th February 2007

PM-404 Common Octopus

PM-404
Common Octopus
Atlantic and Mediterranean
Octopus vulgaris
Shows special rectangular pupil and double row of sensitive suckers along the arms.
Pat Morris
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Atlantic Ocean, Cephalopod Mollusc, Marine, Marine Animals, Mediterranean, Mollusc, Molluscs, Octopus, Octopuses, Suckers, Tentacles, Wild Life

Guianan Cock-of-the-rock - male & female courtship

WAT-14004
Guianan Cock-of-the-rock - male & female courtship
Central Suriname Nature Reserve South America.
Rupicola rupicola
M. Watson
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America, American, Behaviour, Bird, Cock Of The Rock, Couple, Couples, Courtship, Female, Male, National Parks, Nature Reserve, Pair, Pairs, South America, South American, Suriname, Tropical, Wild Life

Green Mikweed locust close-up, showing mouthparts

ASW-4549
Green Mikweed locust close-up, showing mouthparts.
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Phymateus viridipes
Feeds on herbs and shrubs, sometimes damaging young citrus trees. Inhabits grassy areas. Gregarious, especially in nymphal stages.
Alan J. S. Weaving
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