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Painted Lady Butterfly sitting on lilac Vervain
The endangered Dune Tiger Beetle Cicindela maritima on natural sand environment
A Fluttering Friend on Lilac Blossoms
Sipping nectar, a colorful painted lady butterfly enjoys the yellow flowers of the alpine goldenrod on the side of Mount Evans, Colorado near 10,000 feet in elevation.
Painted lady butterfly, vanessa cardui on flower green background
Aricia montensis
Close shot of an Apollo or mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo) butterfly resting on a field scabious.
blooming yarrow herb on light meadow
Papilio machaon. Butterfly in its natural environment.
Great spangled fritillary on joe-pye weed in summer, top or dorsal view, showing the pattern on the back of the wings. The Latin word fritillus means chessboard or dice box. Fritillary is also a checkered flower.
Butterfly on white blossom
A butterfly on some hawthorn blossom.
Brenthis daphne, the marbled fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.\nDescription:\nBrenthis daphne has a wingspan of 30–44 millimeters. Wings are rather rounded, the basic color of the upper side of the forewings is bright orange, with an incomplete black marginal band. The underside of the hindwings have a yellowish postdiscal band and the marginal area is completely suffused with purple, with a marble effect (hence the common name). The quadrangular patch on the underside hindwing is partially shaded orange pink to outer side. The chrysalis has two dorsal rows of thorns with bright spots and a bright metallic shine.\nThis species is very similar to the lesser marbled fritillary (Brenthis ino), but the latter is slightly smaller and the coloration of said patch is completely yellow.\nBiology:\nThe butterfly flies from late May to early August depending on the location. The eggs are laid separately in July on the leaves of the host plants. The larvae feed on brambles (Rubus fruticosus), raspberry (Rubus idaeus), Rubus caesius, Rubus sachalinensis, Sanguisorba officinalis and Filipendula species, while adults usually feed on nectar from brambles, thistles and other flowers. This species is univoltine. It overwinters at the caterpillar stage in the egg shell. \nDistribution and habitat:\nThis widespread species is present in the Palearctic ecozone from the southern parts of the continental Europe (northern Spain, southern France, Germany, Italy and eastwards to Slovakia and Greece), up to Caucasus, western Siberia. It prefers warm and sunny forest edges, woodland and bushy areas where the host plants grow, at an elevation of 75–1,750 meters above sea level (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.
The scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula, formerly Panaxia dominula) is a colorful moth belonging to the tiger moth subfamily, Arctiinae. , an intresting photo
Beautiful Apollo (Parnassius apollo) resting on a Echium vulgare, known as viper's bugloss.
Common Commander butterfly feeding on Mikania micrantha Kunth (Mile-a-minute Weed). Butterfly feeding on weeds.
Great spangled fritillary, fluttering over summer wildflowers (joe-pye weed) as it feeds, with the focus on the eyes and head. The butterfly's striking pattern inspires its name. The Latin word fritillus means chessboard or dice box.
Macro shot of adult musk beetle (Aromia moschata) with very long antennae and coppery and greenish metallic tint on a white flower surrounded with green vegetation in bright sunlight
macro shot of blue butterfly with soft green yellow background
Butterfly on the colorful flower in nature.
Close up of Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui
A butterfly perched atop a colorful bouquet of flowers in a grassy meadow.
Aglais urticae is a common resident. Migrants are also often seen. Its distribution probably has not changed during the last century. However, the Dutch Monitoring Scheme shows a decline in numbers in the 1990s; the cause is not known.\nAdults can be seen looking for nectar in gardens, parks and on roadside verges. \nThe caterpillars feed on the smaller plants of Urtica dioica in very sunny, open spots.\nThe species flies in two generations from the beginning of March until the end of October. The adult butterfly hibernates in cool, dark places, such as barns, attics, or hollow trees.\n\nThe Picture is made along a small Brook in the Eifel (Germany) in halfway August 2021.
butterfly on the flower in spring
Small copper butterfly on Oregano flower.
Small pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria selene) on yarrow flower
The Marbled White is a distinctive and attractive black and white butterfly, unlikely to be mistaken for any other species.
Calomera littoralis nemoralis - a tiger beetle living on sandy areas
This small butterfly is a Juniper Hairstreak. It was photographed at the H.E. Flanagan Prairie in Western Arkansas in mid-July. It is feeding on Rattlesnake Master.
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