Wildlife Photography by Erik Karits

Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)

Female duck in snow.

European garden spider (Araneus diadematus)

Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum)

Hummingbird hawk moth (Macroglossum stellaturum)

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Fly

Scarce swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)

Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena Vatia)

Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)

Grey Pansy (Junonia atlites)

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Common Mayfly (Ephemera vulgata)

Robberfly

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)

European peacock (Inachis io)

Green crab spider (Diaea dorsata)

Stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides)

Common copper (Lycaena phlaeas)

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

German cockroach (Blattella germanica)

Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia)

Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album)

Crete , Greece

Buddhism

European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

Oriental magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis)

Home sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma)

Common Mayfly (Ephemera vulgata)

Corfu

German cockroach (Blattella germanica)

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)

Starred agama (Laudakia stellio)

Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)

Robberfly

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Ural owl (Strix uralensis)

Palaeno Sulphur (Colias palaeno)

Cucumber green spider (Araniella cucurbitina)

Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)

Sunset reflections

European crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus)

Black-spotted longhorn beetle (Rhagium mordax)

Tenerife

Ruby Tiger Moth (Phragmatobia fuliginosa)

Oriental garden lizard (Calotes vesicolor)

Pineapple (Ananas comosus)

Nettle weevil (Phyllobius pomaceus)

Dusky leaf monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus)

Green crab spider (Diaea dorsata)

Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)

Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Green Bordered Weevil (Chlorophanus viridis)

Tachinid fly (Phasia hemiptera)

Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii)

Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)

Green-veined White (Pieris napi)

Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)

Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia)

Ural owl (Strix uralensis)

Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)

Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)

Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)

Chequered skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)

Hummingbird hawk moth (Macroglossum stellaturum)

Chequered skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)

Narrow-bordered five-spot burnet (Zygaena lonicerae)

Ducks

Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)

Texas Click beetle (Alaus lusciosus)

European garden spider (Araneus diadematus)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Large skipper (​Ochlodes sylvanus)

Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)

Ural owl (Strix uralensis)

Mazarine Blue (Cyaniris semiargus)

Green-veined White (Pieris napi)

Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)

Jumping spider

Southern skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Common awl robberfly (Neoitamus cyanurus)

The snowdrop or common snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)

Black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus)

Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata)

Oriental garden lizard (Calotes vesicolor)

Northern fruit bug (Carpocoris fuscispinus)

Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)

Honey bee (Amegilla calceifera)

European robin (Erithacus rubecula)

European peacock (Inachis io)

Cuckoo wasp (Chrysis fulgida)

Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus)

Crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

Ural owl (Strix uralensis)

Dung fly (Scathophaga furcata)

 Lesser marbled fritillary (Brenthis ino)

Coal tit (Periparus ater)

Dassia, Corfu, Greece

Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus)

Mallard or wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos)

Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)

German cockroach (Blattella germanica)

Madeira, Portugal

Amanda’s Blue (Polyommatus amandus)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Green crab spider (Diaea dorsata)

Oriental magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis)

Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Nettle weevil (Phyllobius pomaceus)

Bordered Click Beetle (Denticollis linearis)

Oriental garden lizard (Calotes vesicolor)

Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae)

Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)

Stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides)

Eurasian Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)

Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)

Large skipper (​Ochlodes sylvanus)

Lesser marbled fritillary (Brenthis ino)

Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Thailand

Swan (Cygnus)

Ural owl (Strix uralensis)

European crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus)

Mallard or wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos)

Ixia, Rhodes, Greece

Oriental magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis)

Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Mazarine Blue (Cyaniris semiargus)

Deer tick (Ixodes scapularis)

Ao Nang , Thailand

Spotted asparagus beetle (Crioceris duodecimpunctata)

Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)

European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Common crab spider (Xysticus cristatus)

Common crab spider (Xysticus cristatus)

Leaf beetle (Plagiosterna aenea)

Leaf beetle (Plagiosterna aenea)

Leaf beetle (Plagiosterna aenea)

Green Huntsman spider (Micrommata virescens)

Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus)

Map butterfly (Araschnia levana)

Small copper (Lycaena phlaeas)

Jumping Spider (Evarcha falcata)

Rustic sailor beetle (Cantharis rustica)

Woodland jumping spider (Evarcha falcata)

American Aspen Beetle (Gonioctena viminalis)

Common banded hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii)

False heath fritillary (Melitaea diamina)

Pearly green lacewing (Chrysopa perla)

Aspen Leaf-rolling Weevil (Byctiscus populi)

American Aspen Beetle (Gonioctena viminalis)

Common blue (Polyommatus icarus)

Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)

Nettle weevil (Phyllobius pomaceus)

Western honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Hersonissos, Crete, Greece

Common hepatica, liverwort, liverleaf, kidneywort (Hepatica nobilis)

Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)

Ural owl (Strix uralensis)

Rattlebox salt-and-pepper moth, Crotalaria moth (Utetheisa lotrix)

Black-veined white (Aporia crataegi)

Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)