A striped shiel bug sitting on a flower. Seen on a walk in Wiesbaden-Schierstein.
The scientific name of the animal: Graphosoma lineatum.
Incredible that it is possible to hand-hold such a shot with a tiny camera like the Lumix FX8…
12 years ago, in 1992, I visited the Pinnawela elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka. Now, rescanning some images from Sri Lanka brought back some very fond memories! Pinnawela elephant orphanage is a truly unique institution that raises motherless young elephants. Of course, there now also are many growm-up elepjants at Pinnawela and it is a special experience to see all the big and small elephants take a bath in the nearby river.. The "stars" of the orphanage are the baby elephants however, who already wait for their bottle(s) of milk and the special treat, a sweet rice ball. Read about Pinnawela elephant orphanage at the ...
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