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Andi Jäger
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Nature photography, animal rights, Unix, awk, machine learning, antifascism, 🇩🇪/🇭🇷 in AG🇨🇭
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Double #Rainbow over #Spreitenbach

#Aargau #Switzerland #live
Double rainbow
April 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Hornet mimic #hoverfly (Volucella zonaria)

Mimics the European hornet

#Invertebrate #Invertebrates #nature #macro #insect #insects #macrophotography #macros #Hymenoptera #entomology #macrophotography #insectphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography #fly

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Hornet mimic hoverfly on a flower
March 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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European hornet (Vespa crabro)

#Invertebrate #Invertebrates #nature #macro #insect #insects #macrophotography #macros #Hymenoptera #Wildlifewednesday #entomology #macrophotography #insectphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography
Hornet on a plum
March 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Spring has started - the common #frogs 🐸 (Rana temporaria) are leaving their mating ponds

#frog #herp #herpphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #herpetology

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Common frog on a branch
March 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Gandalf the Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) catched a #frog

#birds #bird #Birdwatching #photography #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #ornithology
A frog catched by a Great Heron Slime in the beak pulling threads
March 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Maggie the #Magpie (Pica pica)

At the right angle, the magpie's plumage has a blue sheen

#birds #bird #Birdwatching #photography #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #ornithology
Magpie in flight
March 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Urban Red Kite (Milvus milvus), #Aargau, #Switzerland

#birds #bird #photography #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #ornithology #wildlifeWednesday
Approach Nosedive
March 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)

That high contrast was a real challenge to convert from RAW

#birds #bird #photography #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #ornithology

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swimming Eurasian coot
March 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Red Kite (Milvus milvus), #Aargau, #Switzerland

#birds #bird #photography #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #ornithology
Red Kite (Milvus milvus) from below
March 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Here you can see the different sizes of the Great Egret (Casmerodius albus) and the Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

#birds #bird #photography #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #ornithology #NationalBirdDay
A Great Egret (Casmerodius albus) and a Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
February 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) stepping out of the water

#birds #bird #photography #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #ornithology #NationalBirdDay
Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) stepping out of the water
February 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Nein
Die Simpsons und ihre Freunde schauen auch
January 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Nickerl's fritillary (Mellicta aurelia)

#Invertebrate #Invertebrates #nature #macro #insect #insects #macrophotography #macros #Butterfly #butterflies #lepidoptera #entomology #macrophotography #insectphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography
Nickerl's fritillary (Mellicta aurelia) on a blade of grass that is wet from dewdrops
January 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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The European bee-eater (Merops apiaster), one of the most #beautiful #birds species in Europe.

#bird #photography #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #ornithology #NationalBirdDay #Photooftheday #picoftheday
European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) sitting on a branch
January 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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European rhinoceros #beetle (Oryctes nasicornis), #Croatia

#insects #insect #photography #insectphotography #naturephotography #macro #macros #macrophotography #captures #macrophoto #macroworld #wildlife #wildlifephotography #entomology
European rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes nasicornis)
January 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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#Portrait of a lesser spotted #eagle (Clanga pomarina)

#birds #bird #photography #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #ornithology #NationalBirdDay
closeup
January 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Croatia

#birds #bird #photography #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #ornithology #NationalBirdDay
Small bird with relatively long red legs, standing in the water
January 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius), Croatia

#birds #bird #photography #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography
Flying eurasian jay
January 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Southern white admiral (Limenitis reducta)

#Invertebrate #nature #macro #insect #insects #macrophotography #macros #Butterfly #butterflies #lepidoptera #entomology #macrophotography #insectphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography
Limenitis reducta, the southern white admiral, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
January 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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#Sunset with #spectacular #clouds, Southern Leyte

#Philippines #mangroves #Palms #landscape #photography #landscapephotography #Photooftheday #picoftheday #travel #naturephotography
Sunset on a tropical beach
January 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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The six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae)

#Invertebrate #moths #insects #nature #moth #macro #lepidoptera #insect #butterflies #entomology #Bugs #Butterfly #naturephotography #macrophotography #insectphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography
Two specimens mating hatching from the exuvia
January 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Happy new year 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ everyone! 🍀☮️🥰

Don't get catched by a goldenrod crab spider / flower crab spider (Misumena vatia) like this bumblebee

#Invertebrate #nature #macro #spider #spiders #bumblebee #insect #insects #animal #photography #wildlife #arthropods #arachnid #arachnida #garden
A goldenrod crab spider or flower (crab) spider (Misumena vatia) has catched a bumblebee on a lavender sprig
January 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)

#birds #bird #photography #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #ornithology
Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)
December 30, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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#Invertebrate #nature #macro #butterfly #insects #photography #wildlife #macrophotography #insect #insects #macros #macro_x #macromood #macroclique #macro_perfection #macro_spotlight #macro_highlight #macro_creature_feature #macro_captures #macrooftheday #macrogardener #macroworld_tr #macrolens
The Glanville fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. I have many more pictures of them - just let me know in which feed you saw this and I'll post some to it. :)
December 29, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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#Libellula depressa, the broad-bodied chaser or broad-bodied darter is very distinctive with a very broad flattened abdomen, four wing patches and, as shown in this male, the abdomen becomes pruinose blue.

#Invertebrate #nature #macro #firefly #insects #photography #wildlife
Adult male Libellula depressa
December 29, 2024 at 2:20 PM