Life Cycles Collection

Woodland With Bluebells
LA-1026 Woodland with fallen tree - Bluebells carpet forest floor Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Common Frog - Tadpoles, newly hatched
DOW-22 Common Frog - Tadpoles, newly hatched Steve Downer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Chicken chick - 20 day old chick in egg
LA-2611 Chicken chick - 20 day old chick in egg Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Bottlenose Dolphin - Newborn Baby/Calf with Mother immediately after birth
STA-153 Bottlenose Dolphin - Newborn Baby / Calf with Mother immediately after birth Tursiops truncatus Part of a sequence of images Dolphin gestation / pregnancy lasts approx

Two-tailed Pasha / Foxy Charaxes
PPG-1620 Twin-tailed / Two-tailed Pasha / Foxy Charaxes Charaxes jasius Pascal Goetgheluck Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Developing Trout Eggs
PM-3564 Developing Trout Eggs Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way. contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: 020 8318 1401

Chicken chick - Recently hatched from egg
LA-2613 Chicken chick - recently hatched from egg Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Pregnant Seahorse - male
PM-6993 Pregnant Seahorse - male Hippocampus abdominatus Hippocampus abdominalis Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Mallard Duck - duckling at 24 hours. Sequence 4 of 4
JD-15752 Mallard Duck - duckling at 24 hours Sequence 4 of 4 John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Bottlenose Dolphin - Mother giving birth to Baby/Calf
STA-135 Bottlenose Dolphin - Mother giving birth to Baby / Calf. Birth Sequence 4

Bottlenose dolphins - pair mating
STA-103 Bottlenose dolphins - pair mating Distribution

Chicken chick - 10 day old embryo in egg
LA-2610 Chicken chick - 10 day old embryo in egg Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Olive Ridley / Golfina Turtle - hatchlings approach sea - after sundown the nests hatch
JVG-2939 Olive Ridley / Golfina TURTLE - Hatchlings approach sea Orissa Coast, India. Lepidochelys olivacea Hatchlings - After sundown the nests hatch and the turtles head for the sea in daylight

Olive Ridley Turtle - hatchling making their way to the water Orissa Coast, India
JVG-2803 Olive Ridley / Golfina TURTLE - hatchlings entering sea / Indian ocean Orissa Coast

Ball Python (Python regius) - Captive hatching from egg - Native to Africa
CAN-3928 Ball Python - Captive hatching from egg Native to Africa Python regius John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Puffballs – releasing spores. UK
BB-1023 Puffballs - releasing spores UK Lycoperdon pyriforme Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Chicken chick - 6 day old embryo in egg
LA-2609 Chicken chick - 6 day old embryo in egg Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Beech Tree - Falling leaves
ROG-11778 Beech Tree - Falling leaves autumn Fagus sylvaticus Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Broad Bean - showing root growth
JD-16083 Broad BEAN - shows roots growing John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Southern Hawker Dragonfly USH 122 Aeshna cyanea © Duncan Usher / ARDEA LONDON
USH-122 Southern HAWKER Dragonfly - newly emerged UK Aeshna cyanea Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Group of calf camels grazing, near Erg Chegaga, interior Sahara Desert, Morocco

Group of calf camels grazing, near Erg Chegaga, interior Sahara Desert, Morocco

A mother and calf camel, Camelus dromedarius, crossing sand dunes in the interior of the Sahara Desert, Morocco

Calf camel, Camelus dromedarius, crossing sand dunes in the interior of the Sahara Desert, Morocco

A mother and calf camel, Camelus dromedarius, crossing sand dunes in the interior of the Sahara Desert, Morocco

Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), sitting on fence post in Pawnee National Grasslands, Colorado

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Mare and Foal Under Old Windmill

Nesting mother and chick Ferruginous Hawks, Buteo regalis, Colorado

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Lone Dead Tree With Nesting Mother and Chick Ferruginous Hawks, Buteo regalis, Eastern Colorado

Common European toad tadpoles (Bufo bufo), sequence showing development of limbs. Derbyshire, UK. August. Digital composite

Digital composite of Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) caterpillar, pupa, chrysalis and emerging adult

Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) emerging from chrysalis on Aquatic milkweed (Asclepias perennis). Hill Country, Texas, USA. Sequence 1/12

Gulf fritillary butterfly (Agraulis vanillae) expanding wings after emerging from chrysalis. Hill Country, Texas, USA

Leaf mimic bush cricket or katydid (unknown species, family Tettigoniidae) in the middle of moulting its skin. Moulting from one sub-adult stage (instar) to another is known as ecdysis

Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) expanding wings after emerging from chrysalis on Aquatic milkweed (Asclepias perennis). Hill Country, Texas, USA. Sequence 12/12

Gulf fritillary butterfly (Agraulis vanillae) expanding wings after emerging from chrysalis, on Passion vine (Passiflora sp). Hill Country, Texas, USA. Sequence 8/9

Nest of Crumps treefrog (Dendropsophus brevifrons). The eggs develop within the nest suspended over a rainforest pond. The tadpoles drop into the water fully formed, so avoiding aquatic predators

Picture No. 11806861
American toad eggs, formerly Bufo americanus, Maryland Date:

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Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar on its food plant. Date:

Common Frog tadpole. Late stage with legs. UK
DOW-250 Common Frog tadpole. Late stage with legs. UK Rana temporaria Steve Downer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Peacock Butterfly pupa. UK
DOW-222 Peacock Butterfly pupa UK Inachis io Steve Downer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Monarch Butterfly - emerging
JZ-1585 Monarch Butterfly - emerging Dananus plexippus Jim Zipp Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Pipa Pipa Toad - young emerging from back of female. Amazon
AF-112 Pipa Pipa Toad / Surinam toad - young emerging from back of female

Pipa Pipa Toad - young emerging from back of female
AF-106 Pipa pipa / Surinam toad - young emerging from back of mother Pipa pipa Andrea Florence Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Monarch Butterfly - Hatching sequence 6 of 6
JZ-2762 Wanderer / MONARCH / Milkweed Butterfly - Hatching sequence 6 of 6 USA Danaus plexippus Jim Zipp Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Frog Tadpole - showing feathery external gills UK
SPH-1680 Frog Tadpole - showing feathery external gills UK Rana temporaria Steve Hopkin Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Mashpi torrenteer (Hyloscirtus mashpi) metamorph part way through metamorphosis from tadpole to frog, portrait, Mashpi, Pichincha, Ecuador

Picture No. 11808348
Chrysalis of black-veined white (Aporia crataegi) attached on twig, Piedmont, Italy Date:

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Fly Eggs on body of dead bird, Norfolk UK Date:

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Spider Spider with egg sac on web Klungkung Bali Indonesia Date:

Four stages of ife cycle of butterfly, from egg to adult

Picture No. 11671513
Poplar Hawk Moth caterpillar ready for pupation. Date:

Picture No. 11071199
Bird Cherry Ermine Moth Caterpillar army - Northumberland, UK. Date:

Garden Spider babies - aggregation - UK
SPH-830 Garden Spider babies - aggregation UK Araneus diadematus Money Spiders Steve Hopkin Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Brimstone Butterfly - Pupa - UK
DAC-770 Brimstone Butterfly - Pupa UK Gonepteryx rhamni David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Poppy - shedding seeds
PPG-1121 Common POPPY - shedding seeds Papaver rhoeas Arable weed, found in fields and on disturbed ground Pascal Goetgheluck contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Hummingbird Hawk Moth - pupa
JLM-11568 Hummingbird Hawk Moth - pupa Macroglossum stellatarum John Mason contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Silkworm Larvae - spinning cocoon
WW-3821 Silkworm Larvae - spinning cocoon Bombyx mori Wardene Weisser contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Cuckoo's egg in Dunnock's nest with eggs
JLM-5291 CUCKOO'S egg - in DUNNOCK / Hedge Sparrows nest with eggs John Mason Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Bottlenose Dolphin - giving birth - showing new-born having just been delivered - Oltremare lagoon – Riccione – Italy
STA-267 Bottlenose Dolphin - giving birth - showing new-born having just been delivered Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy Tursiops truncatus The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks

Bottlenose Dolphin - birth process has started - with tail
STA-272 Bottlenose Dolphin - birth process has started - with tail

Broad Bean - showing root
JD-15828 Broad Bean - shoot appearing above soil Underground, c/u John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Common frog spawn - Clump of spawn photographed underwater, Wiltshire, England, UK
DK-82 Common frog spawn - Clump of spawn photographed underwater Wiltshire, England

Dartmoor Pony - extremely pregnant
DAD-864 Horse - Dartmoor Pony, very pregnant David C Dixon Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Comped image: Common frog tadpoles showing development stages Bedfordshire UK 004997
BB-1418 Common frog tadpoles showing development stages Bedfordshire UK Rana temporaria Comped image Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Blue Tit Eggs SPH 1909 Clutch in nest Parus caerulensi © Steve Hopkin / ARDEA LONDON
SPH-1909 Blue TIT- clutch of eggs. Nest lined with feathers Parus caeruleus Steve Hopkin Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Couch's Spadefoot-tadpoles in drying waterhole-breeds chiefly from May to Sept in periods of rainfall-occurs in
CAN-2311 Couch's Spadefoot - tadpoles in drying waterhole Scaphiopus couchii Tadpoles develop quickly compared to other anurans

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AUS-331 Striped marsh frog - advanced tadpole. Life cycle 5/6

Two-tailed Pasha Butterfly - caterpillar eating, close-up of head & mouth parts
PPG-278 Two-tailed / Twin-tailed PASHA BUTTERFLY - caterpillar eating

Side view of newborn lamb lying down

Coastal glassfrog (Cochranella litoralis) on leaf with eggs. San Lorenzo, Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Picture No. 11808347
Caterpillar of feathered thorn (Colotois pennaria) resting on nurse plant, Piedmont, Italy Date:

Picture No. 11808326
Sub adult female of owly sulphur (Libelloides coccajus) during metamorphosis in early morning, Piedmont, Italy Date:

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Fennel flower bud opening, Norfolk UK Date:

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Fire Ants Fire Ants with larvae Klungkung Bali Indonesia Date:

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Longhorn Beetle pupa Longhorn Beetle pupa on leaf Klungkung Bali Indonesia Date:

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Longhorn Beetle pupa Longhorn Beetle pupa on leaf Klungkung Bali Indonesia Date:

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Longhorn Beetle pupa Longhorn Beetle pupa on leaf Klungkung Bali Indonesia Date:

Picture No. 11671533
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet caterpillar. Date:

Picture No. 11671501
Mullein Moth caterpillar. Date:

Picture No. 11671479
Sweet Gale Moth caterpillar. Date:

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Old World Swallowtail Caterpillar after eating half of the nurse plant. Date:

Picture No. 11671428
Mottled Umber Caterpillar. Date:

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Puss Moth Caterpillar. Date:

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"Life Cycles: A Journey of Growth and Transformation" The Common Frog starts its life as tadpoles, newly hatched and eager to explore the world beneath the water's surface. Witness the miracle of a 20-day-old Chicken chick still nestled snugly inside its egg, preparing for its grand entrance into the world. In the vast ocean, a Bottlenose Dolphin calf is born, immediately embraced by its loving mother in their first tender moments together. As spring arrives, woodlands come alive with vibrant bluebells, marking another cycle of nature's beauty and renewal. Behold the captivating Two-tailed Pasha butterfly or Foxy Charaxes gracefully fluttering through meadows, showcasing nature's intricate design. Delicate trout eggs develop slowly in freshwater streams until they hatch into tiny fry, embarking on their own aquatic journey. From within an eggshell emerges a fluffy Chicken chick recently hatched; witness its first steps towards independence and growth. Discover the extraordinary role reversal in seahorses as pregnant males carry developing babies within their pouches until birth occurs. At just 24 hours old, Mallard Duck ducklings waddle alongside their mother on land and glide effortlessly across serene waters - a sight that warms hearts everywhere. With anticipation building up, observe a Bottlenose Dolphin mother giving birth to her calf; once the tail emerges from this moment onward birth will occur within two hours. Dive into the depths where Bottlenose Dolphins engage in an enchanting mating ritual that strengthens bonds between pairs and ensures future generations thrive. Marvel at life's earliest stages as you peer inside an egg containing a 10-day-old Chicken chick embryo - nature's incredible process unfolding before your eyes. In every corner of our diverse planet lies evidence unfolding – reminding us that change is constant, growth is inevitable, and the beauty of transformation is all around us.