1350-670 - As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods.
1350-642 - A common and widespread fly of the family Stratiomyidae, and quite possibly the best-known species in the entire infraorder. The larvae are used in manure management, for both house fly control and reduction in manure volume, and the mature larvae and prepupae raised in manure management operations are themselves useful as feed supplements
1350-647 - A female walking stick insect, this one is a common species iun Europe. However their natural camouflage can make them extremely difficult to spot
1350-659 - The German wasp has typical wasp colours of black and yellow. It is very similar to the common wasp (Vespula vulgaris), but its face has three tiny black dots.
1116-49480 - Panoramic view of sunrise in downtown Boston with Boston Harbor, Cambridge and Boston Common and Tremont Street lit up, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
1116-49659 - Japanese Flying Squid (Todarodes pacificus), also knows as a Japanese common squid, in black water. This image was captured a mile off the island of Yap at night with the bottom 1000+ feet below. Hundreds of these squid passed by very quickly. This one paused just briefly for a portrait. It is one of the most abundant of the commercially valuable squid in the world, Yap, Micronesia
1116-49666 - The Malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus) is one of the largest and most common cod found on coastal reefs. It can weight over 300 lbs and reach 4 feet in length, Fiji
1116-50097 - Common Jackal (Canis Aureus) and Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) attack and kill a Thomson's Gazelle (Gazella thomsoni) for food; Tanzania
832-391145 - Common cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium), cotton grass in front of sun, Oldenburger Muensterland, Goldenstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe
83-13270 - Red kite (Milvus milvus) bird of prey in flight, once endangered but now common in the Chilterns, Turville, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
83-13269 - European Herring gull (Larus argentatus), declined due to less fish but a common scavenger, New Quay, Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe
83-13255 - Juvenile Common blackbird (Turdus merula) waits for food from parent in a Chilterns garden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1200-428 - Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) dragonfly adult, covered in dew, at dawn, Elmley Marshes National Nature Reserve, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe
832-388839 - Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), young animal, chick, on leaves of the giant water lily (Victoria amazonica), Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
832-388857 - Silhouette of Grey Common cranesn (grus grus), pair of animals, courtship at sunrise, dance of the cranes, Vaestergoetland, Sweden, Europe