#archduke

[herpsandbirds]

Dark Archduke (Lexias dirtea chalcedonides), male, family Nymphalidae, Kuching, Malaysia

photographs by Nelson Choo

[onenicebugperday]

Bugs under UV light series by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

Photos shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

1. Stick insect, Necroscia punctata 2. Archduke caterpillar, Lexias pardalis dirteana 3. Bird dropping spider, Pasilobus sp. 4. Katydid, Chondroderella borneensis 5. Fungus weevil, Acorynus sp. 6. Huntsman spider, Gnathopalystes sp. 7. Tortoise beetle, Aspidomorpha sp. 8. Harvestman, Acromares vittatum or Erginulus clavotibialis 9. Leaf katydid, Tettigoniidae 10. Millipede, Diplopoda

[roehenstart]

Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria with his brothers.

[helluvatimes]

A Down to Earth Archduke

An Archduke (Lexias pardalis dirteana) sipping nutrients off trail seepage in the Bukit Batok Nature Park. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

[littlehistorian]

Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria (1868-1915) served as a major-general in the Austro-Hungarian Army.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination at Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 launched World War I, was his elder brother.

Like his brother, in 1909, he concluded an unequal marriage with Bertha Czuber (1879–1979). Unlike his brother, he did so without the emperor's knowledge or consent, having eloped two years before the marriage was revealed publicly. He and his wife had no children.

[tilbageidanmark]

Joker 2

[postcard-from-the-past]

Wedding of Anton Maria Franz Leopold Blanka Karl Joseph Ignaz Raphael Michael Margareta Nicetas von Habsburg-Lothringen, Archduke Anton of Austria, Prince of Tuscany and Princess Ileana of Romania, Archduchess Ileana of Austria, Mother Alexandra

Romanian vintage postcard

[classic-art-favourites]

Archduke Francis of Austria as a Child by Anton Raphael Mengs, 1770.