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Hello! I love Nature and can't resist taking photos of the world around me. So I have decided to share some of them with Wikimedia!
Trees
[edit]Dragon tree - Dracaena draco
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A notable tree -
Aerial roots in the trunk -
Inflorescence -
Fruits -
The remaining trunks of a fallen notable tree
Invertebrates
[edit]Stag beetles - Lucanidae
[edit]European stag beetle - Lucanus cervus
[edit]Larval stage
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Third instar stag beetle larva at the edge of a log -
Third instar female stag beetle larva
Metamorphosis
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Stag beetle larva with an empty gut, ready to pupate -
Freshly pupated male stag beetle -
Male stag beetle pupa nearing eclosion -
Freshly pupated female stag beetle
Post-eclosion behaviour
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Male stag beetle displaying the genitalia in the last abdominal segment immediately after eclosion. Note the flagellum. -
Female stag beetle soon after eclosion displaying the unfolded mycangium, which is just above the last abdominal segment.
Lesser stag beetle - Dorcus parallelipipedus
[edit]Larval stage
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Third instar larva in winter diapause
Post-eclosion behaviour
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Female with everted mycangium soon after eclosion
Molluscs
[edit]Slug eggs
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Shelled slug - Testacella haliotidea
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Vertebrates
[edit]Amphibians
[edit]Common frog - Rana temporaria
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This frog has an empty gut and very enlarged ovaries (dark bodies) -
Liver, left centre; empty stomach below the liver; fat body next to the stomach; spleen the dark red organ at the centre; ovaries, very large, dark, granular mass either side of the spleen
