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A bee visits the purple flower of the artichoke, close-up nature photography.
Adult green female of Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa) sitting on a stem of thistle plant
A selective focus of a bee flying over a blooming purple artichoke for wallpaper and background
Thistle plant
Artichoke Thistle with a bumblebee on a flower meadow, Germany
High angle closeup view of Wild Carrot or Queen Anne’s Lace growing among Summer grasses in the countryside near Armidale in NSW
purple wild flower and yellow bee
Close up of a plant in the wild.
Close-up of a bumblebee on a purple flower, showcasing the bee’s detailed features and the vibrant colors of the flower in a natural outdoor setting.
Ripe sunflower on the field
Blue Hobbit or Eryngium planum
The chequered skipper or arctic skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon), not to be confused with the large chequered skipper, is a small woodland butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. This butterfly can live in grasslands. The upperside of the butterfly is brown with orange spots and on its underside the chequered skipper is orange with brown spots. Chequered skippers are found in Great Britain and other European regions, but seen locally in Japan and in North America. The size of the chequered skipper ranges from 19 to 32 mm with females being larger. In the 1970s, the chequered skipper went extinct in England due to the new management of the woodlands.\nDescription:\nThis butterfly has a wingspan of 29 to 31 mm. The uppersides of chequered skippers are dark brown with orange scales at the base of the wings and golden spots, giving it its English name of chequered skipper. The basic pattern on the underside is similar but the forewings are orange with dark spots, and the hindwings are russet with cream spots rimmed in black. The sexes are similar although females are generally slightly larger.\nHabitat:\nThough the chequered skipper is a woodland butterfly it can also be found in bogs, at the edges of streams, and at grassy forest openings . Chequered skippers can breed in open grasslands in Scotland. In woodland areas the breeding sites happen at the edges of rivers and the bottom of slopes. Though there is a small range in the areas the butterfly can live in, these areas tend to have a smaller range in seasonal and temperature range.  The presence of the M. caerulea is really important in determining habitat in Scotland and in England the Bromus is essential. In North America, chequered skippers can be found around forest trails, forest edges, and open grassy areas. Even though the chequered skipper goes by arctic skipper it does not live in Arctic areas (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the Eifel (Germany) in June 2019.
Close up of a common salsify (tragopogan porrifolius) flower in bloom
Thistle in bloom, blurred background.
close up view of a gatekeeper butterfly sitting on a purple blooming thistle and gathering nectar
Neoalosterna capitata Beetle on a flower in the Laurentian forest.
Polyommatus dorylas  on the flower
Macro photo of bumblebee on top of wild purple flower in nature. No people are seen in frame. Shot with a full frame mirrorless camera and a macro lens.
The seed of Knautia macedonia macedonian scabious plant on green background
Bee working on a wonderful love-in-a-mist - very special flower
Metallic Blue and Silver Sea Holly in front of a Smoke Tree
Macro shot of a bee about to land on a purple thistle.
Blooming pink astrantia flower on a green background close-up photo in summertime. Garden flower with pink petals macro photography in a sunny summer day.
Thistles in a field on a wet, cold October morning in North Yorkshire, England, UK
butterfly on the flower
Bumble Bee on a Thistle
Bumblebee perched on a thistle flower in summer
vivid butterfly in the mountains on thitle
A detailed close-up of vibrant blue Eryngium flowers blooming in a garden, showcasing their unique spiky petals and texture.
Blue coneflower
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