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A macro photography of a common fruit fly standing on top of a leaf rubbing its frontal feet

$The chequered skipper or arctic skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon), not to be confused with the large chequered skipper, is a small woodland butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. This butterfly can live in grasslands. The upperside of the butterfly is brown with orange spots and on its underside the chequered skipper is orange with brown spots. Chequered skippers are found in Great Britain and other European regions, but seen locally in Japan and in North America. The size of the chequered skipper ranges from 19 to 32 mm with females being larger. In the 1970s, the chequered skipper went extinct in England due to the new management of the woodlands.\nDescription:\nThis butterfly has a wingspan of 29 to 31 mm. The uppersides of chequered skippers are dark brown with orange scales at the base of the wings and golden spots, giving it its English name of chequered skipper. The basic pattern on the underside is similar but the forewings are orange with dark spots, and the hindwings are russet with cream spots rimmed in black. The sexes are similar although females are generally slightly larger.\nHabitat:\nThough the chequered skipper is a woodland butterfly it can also be found in bogs, at the edges of streams, and at grassy forest openings . Chequered skippers can breed in open grasslands in Scotland. In woodland areas the breeding sites happen at the edges of rivers and the bottom of slopes. Though there is a small range in the areas the butterfly can live in, these areas tend to have a smaller range in seasonal and temperature range. The presence of the M. caerulea is really important in determining habitat in Scotland and in England the Bromus is essential. In North America, chequered skippers can be found around forest trails, forest edges, and open grassy areas. Even though the chequered skipper goes by arctic skipper it does not live in Arctic areas (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the Eifel (Germany) in June 2019.$

A native sugarbag bee flying over a white pignut flower

Wildlife in Central Park, New York. Taken with Canon 1Ds Mark III

Neoalosterna capitata Beetle on a flower in the Laurentian forest.

Bright sunny background of trees with first green leaves at spring.

Wheat field with cornflowers on summer evening

A selective focus shot of a squirrel in the yard

This butterfly is widely distributed throughout southern areas wherever there are oak trees; even a solitary tree may support a colony. It is frequently overlooked as adults remain largely in the canopy where the main adult food source is honeydew; they fly more commonly in the evening of a warm summer's day. They are only driven down to seek fluid and nectar during prolonged drought.

close up view of a gatekeeper butterfly sitting on a purple blooming thistle and gathering nectar

Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) on a Dianthus carthusianorum (Carthusian Pink).

Red Admiral Butterfly on a Stinging Nettle

A Marbled White, Melanargia galathea, with closed wings on a blossom of a Scabiosa. View onto the underside of the wings. It belongs to the family of the Nymphalidae, subfamily Satyrinae. Location: Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail in Dover, Tennessee

Beautiful image in nature of monarch butterfly on lantana flower.

photo of green fly on plant stem. selective focus

A closeup of the meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) on a purple flower

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