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Waterdrieblad
The water drizzle (Menyanthes trifoliata) is a plant of the water giant family (Menyanthaceae). The genus Menyanthes is monotypical, meaning that Menyanthes trifoliata is the only species in this genus.
The water droplet is on the Dutch Red List of …
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Apple blossom
The genus Apple (Malus) contains trees that bear the generally known fruits, especially in the northern hemisphere. There are also ornamental apples that give small apples. The apple grows in the temperate regions.
The apple was already 10,000 BC. …
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Robin
The robin (Erithacus rubecula) is a familiar sight in many gardens of a large part of Europe in winter.
The specimens that are seen in the garden in the winter are mostly from more northern areas. They come to our regions in the fall, but since the …
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Chopped aurelia
The chopped aurelia (Polygonia c-album) is a moth of the Nymphalidae family, the foxes, pearl butterflies and weathered butterflies.
The wing varies in length between 20 and 26 millimeters. The butterfly is found in almost all of Europe and is a …
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Atalanta
The atalanta (Vanessa atalanta) is a striking twist with a span of 5-6 centimeters. In Belgium there are two generations a year. The eggs are deposited one by one on the nettle. The caterpillar is 35 to 40 mm long, and the color of specimens …
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Peacock eye
The peacock-eye (Inachis io) is a butterfly and in the Netherlands and Belgium the best-known species from the family Nymphalidae, the foxes, mother-of-pearl butterflies and red-backed butterflies.
The peacock eye is one of the best known and most …
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dung beetle
Dung beetles are an informal group of beetles that eat dung as larva or imago, there are about 5000 species. The species better known in the Netherlands and Belgium come from the family Geotrupidae. There are also a few subfamilies (Scarabaeinae …
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Daslook
The Daslook (Allium ursinum) is a plant of the look family (Alliaceae). It is a very rare species in Belgium and the Netherlands. The species is legally protected.
The ursnum (= of the bears, Ursus = bear), originated by the old superstition that, …
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Groenling
The greenling (Carduelis chloris) is a songbird of the fringillidae family.
This bird is in captivity a highly appreciated breeding bird, which generates multiple nests without problems. The number of eggs is 3 to 6, the breeding time is 13 days …
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Poppy
Poppy or poppy (Poppy) is a genus of flowering plants. A known species is the dolphin (Papaver somniferum), from which opium is won.
This species is also used as a ornamental plant. The poppy is known as witch herb, and is sometimes called …
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Koninginnepage
The queen's page (Papilio machaon) is a butterfly from the Papilionidae family, the big pages. The wing varies in length between 32 and 41 millimeters. The queen page lives throughout Europe. The butterfly flies from sea level to 3000 meters …
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Goldfly
The thistle butterfly (Vanessa cardui) is a butterfly of the family Aurelias (Nymphalidae), subfamily Nymphalinae. In the Netherlands and Belgium the thistle butterfly is mainly known as a migratory butterfly that reaches our country in highly …
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