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Harlequin LADYBIRD - with 7-spot ladybird (on left)

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Harlequin LADYBIRD - with 7-spot ladybird (on left)
Harmonia axyridis
The Harlequin is a voracious predator and easily out competes our native ladybirds for food. This introduced alien threatens our 46 native ladybird species, as well as many other UK insects, including butterflies and lacewings.
It comes in a range of patterns or colour variations (forms or morph). Originally from Asia, it was probably imported on flowers from Europe.
The Harlequin problem started in North America, where they were thought to be an attractive biological control agent. H. axyridis is still being sold in the USA and continental Europe for pest control.
Its numbers are increasing annually.
Steve Hopkin
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© ? Steve Hopkin/ardea.com

German Armoured Vehicles; Second World War, 1944

Illustration showing a selection of German armoured vehicles used during the Battle for Normandy in 1944. The vehicles shown include Panther and Tiger tanks (left foreground), two assault guns (one a Wasp'), Elephant and Hornet tank destroyers, several anti-aircraft vehicles, an armoured ambulance and two remote controlled explosive tanks (a B4 and a Beetle'). Note that these vehicles were only the ones that the Allies knew about and let information be published about, at the time

© Mary Evans Picture Library 2015 - https://copyrighthub.org/s0/hub1/creation/maryevans/MaryEvansPictureID/10219831

KAT-441 Namaqua Chameleon - Hunting a Dune Beetle on the Namib Plains - Beetle suspended in mid air following a failed strike

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Namaqua Chameleon - Hunting a Dune Beetle on the Namib Plains - Beetle suspended in mid air following a failed strike
Namib Desert - Namibia - Africa
Chamaeleo namaquensis
Karl Terblanche
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© Brian Bevan/ardea.com