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Black Swallowtail feeding on purple Milk Thistle flower, two bees hooving in the background

A perennial field thistle considered to be invasive

$Vanessa cardui - Painted lady butterfly - Distelfalter\nBeautiful butterfly on a thistle flower. Europe.$

Single creeping thistle in bloom close-up view with selective focus

This monarch butterfly was enjoying feeding on a patch of coneflowers in the last of the evening's light

Beautiful Orange Butterfly and Bees over Eryngium Alpinum, the alpine sea holly, alpine eryngo or queen of the Alps an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Apiaceae.

Red spotted admiral butterfly sitting on spring thistle

Spicebush swallowtail butterfly on the very tip of blooming field thistle. Medium close-up with bokeh background. Taken at a farm in Connecticut, midsummer.

Flowering milk thistle and butterfly hives on a flower

Beautiful Iphiclides podalirius butterfly

Monarch butterfly on top of a blue Scabiosa flower. High quality photo

Painted lady butterfly on blooming purple thistle flowers close up top view, beautiful orange Vanessa cardui on blurred green grass summer field and violet blossom burdock background macro, copy space

An image of a Red Admiral feeding on a thistle head

Butterfly on a red clover photographed with a macro wide angle lens

Bee colecting polen from a Greater burdock Arctium lappa flower closeup.

Butterfly (Argynnis) on Globe Thistle captured during summer season.

Closeup of a knapweed fritillary, Melitaea phoebe, butterfly resting and pollinating in bright sunlight.

Macro photograph of a red spotted admiral sitting on a thistle bush

The ringlet butterfly - Aphantopus hyperantus resting on Cirsium arvense the creeping thistle or field thistle

An image of a Comma Butterfly nectaring on a thistle head

$Description:\nMelanargia galathea has a wingspan of 46–56 millimetres In these medium-sized butterflies the upper side of the wings is decorated with white and gray-black or dark brown markings, but it is always gray-black or dark brown checkered in the basal and distal areas. The underside is similar to the upper side but the drawings is light gray or light brown. On the underside of the hindwings is present a row of gray eye spots. The males and the females are quite similar, except that some females may have a yellowish nuance on the underside of the wings.\nLife cycle:\nLike other members of its subfamily, the larvae feed on various grasses. These include Phleum (P. pratense), Poa (P. annua, P. trivalis), Festuca rubra, Bromus erectus, Dactylis, Brachypodium pinnatum, Agrostis capillaris, Elytrigia, Holcus, Dactylis, Triticum and Agropyron species . \nEggs are laid on the wing, or from brief perches on grass stems, and are just sprinkled among the grass stems. Upon hatching, the larvae immediately enter hibernation and only feed the following spring when the fresh growth occurs. They are a lime-green colour, with a dark green line running down the middle of their back. Pupation takes place at ground level in a loose cocoon. Adults can be found from early June to early September. On a good site, in warm, sunny weather, thousands can be seen gently fluttering amongst the grass heads.\nHabitat:\nIt is found in forest clearings and edges, meadows and steppe where it occurs up to 1,500-1,700 m above sea level. They are a common sight in unimproved grasslands across Europe.\n\nDistribution:\nThis species can be found across most of Europe, southern Russia, Asia Minor and Iran. There is an isolated population in Japan. It is not found in Ireland, North Britain, Scandinavia (except Denmark) and Portugal or Spain. The late twentieth century saw an expansion of its range in the UK (source Wikipedia).$

Bright butterfly on a flower. Beautiful wings close-up. Insect in nature. Summer sunny scene. Floral background and butterfly. Wing patterns

Balck Swallowtail, Latin: Papillo poluxenes, is feeding on purple flower of Milk Thistle plant

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