Intuition 🌿

While the Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) is only known to most Europeans as an invasive species, it once had divine significance in its namesake homeland. Although its original distribution area extended across almost the entire African continent, it was particularly worshipped in ancient Egypt, especially around Thebes. There it was considered a deity, Gengen Wer, "the great cackler," whose loud cackle filled the primordial darkness and who laid the world egg in a mulberry tree in Heliopolis, from which light and the world then emerged. This deity was one of the various manifestations associated with the complex Egyptian pantheon, which included the fertility aspects of gods like Amun. People assumed that creation was a continuous cycle and that every human being hatched from an underworld goose egg.

A sloth worth seeing! ✨️🦥✨️

I like to show myself, I feel good in my own skin and I'm happy every time I see your beautiful pictures.

😊🤎

My life is exciting and full of little adventures, even when I don't walk far from home. 🪲🍀

🪷 That's because of the way I see the world. 🌐

So tiny and beautiful! 🌸🥺
And pretty awesome! 😎🌸

The herb-Robert (Geranium robertianum) can align its leaves perfectly with the light and can even survive in cave entrances. When the sun is very strong, its own sun protection turns its leaves red. This little flower is very well adapted to rocky ground and finds the city the perfect habitat.

Both sexes are often found on one plant, which means it can pollinate itself. It has deeply hidden nectar for insects, as it is happy about any opportunity for fertilization.🌸🐝

The fruit can shoot its seeds up to six meters away, or cling to fur and clothing like a burr.

It is considered a lucky charm and was used as a medicinal plant from early on. So it is not only a beautiful sight, but also an impressive species with outstanding properties.

In a big garden, there was a tulip, looking beautiful and proud. She stood tall among the other flowers.

But one day, she saw the clouds floating in the sky and wished she could be there too.

So, she tried to reach the sky, growing taller every day. Finally, she reached the clouds, but the wind blew her back down.

Feeling sad and tired, the tulip realized she belonged on the ground. She learned to appreciate her beauty and enjoy life on earth, while still admiring the sky from below.

✨️🌷✨️

🌸🌸🦥 The happy Easter sloth doesn't hide eggs but sniffs flowers and lazes around all day 🤗🌸🌸

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I leave you some cherry plum blossoms and take a little break 🤗

European garden spider (Araneus diadematus) 🕷️💕

Every year, an adult female garden spider builds her web in this preferred spot. The mating season begins at the beginning of August.

Sexually mature females secrete a substance whose smell attracts males.

However, the guys only notice the smell when they are up close. Therefore, the males themselves have to be good at finding and reaching promising places as well.

Garden spiders live for two years. Sexual maturity begins in the second year. The males die after mating, the females some time after laying their eggs (September-October).

In contrast to most other tachinid flies, the larvae of the bug fly (Phasia hemiptera) do not parasitize on caterpillars but on stink bugs.

The male is easily identified by the wings with iridescent blue-black spots.

Beautiful! 🥰

Beautiful shiny hoverfly!✨🐝

I suspect it is a Melanostoma species. Pretty sure a male.

The distance between the eyes of hoverflies is always narrower in males than in females.👀

Their larvae eat aphids and the adults feed on flower nectar and pollen.🌺🌼🌸

📊 Around 48,000 animal species have been identified in Germany, including over 33,000 insect species. Insects make up around 70 percent of all animal species in Germany.