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Pyronia tithonus is a common resident in the Netherlands and has its centre of occurrence in the North-Eastern and Southern Part of the Netherlands.\nHabitat: Gatekeeper occurs mainly in rough, scrubby, flowery grassland vegetation, often in half-shaded places, usually with some woodland nearby. Also in heath land with some trees.\nFlying Season:\nIt flies in one generation from mid-July until mid-August and hibernates as a half-grown caterpillar.\n\nThis Picture is made in the Dwingelderveld (Drenthe) in August of 2022.
butterfly on the flower in spring
A Brown argus is sitting on a blossom
Brown Argus butterfly on a blade of grass in a nature reserve. Stukeley Meadows Nature Reserve Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
Sooty Copper (Lycaena tityrus) Resting on bulrush flowers in june
Coreus marginatus Dock Bug Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.
Pearl Crescent butterfly resting on a grass stalk
This is a relatively-common butterfly that is unmistakable when seen at rest - the rings on the hindwings giving this butterfly its common name.
Plebejus argus, Silver Studded Blue Butterfly resting on grass in meadow
Pyronia tithonus is a common resident in the Netherlands and has its centre of occurrence in the North-Eastern and Southern Part of the Netherlands.\nHabitat: Gatekeeper occurs mainly in rough, scrubby, flowery grassland vegetation, often in half-shaded places, usually with some woodland nearby. Also in heath land with some trees.\nFlying Season:\nIt flies in one generation from mid-July until mid-August and hibernates as a half-grown caterpillar.\n\nThis Picture is made in the Dwingelderveld (Drenthe) in August of 2022.
Small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) butterfly on white daisy flower, green meadow background
Large Skipper butterfly on Oregano flower.
California Crescent Butterfly, Marine Headlands, California
A Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in Scotland, UK
Butterfly Gatekeeper or hedge brown (Pyronia tithonus) scarce insect in natural grassland habitat. Butterfly scene in nature of Europe. The Netherlands.
Swallowtail butterfly gathering nectar.
Folder
Lycaena phlaeas is a common resident in the Netherlands. \nHabitat: The species inhabits a variety of places, including rather nutrient-poor, dry grasslands, gardens, roadside verges, Heathland and coastal dunes, generally these are dry areas with sheltered, sunny spots. Surprisingly, however, the highest densities are found in wet, nutrient-poor grassland.\nDistribution: Its distribution hardly changed during the 20th century.\nFlying Season: The Small Copper flies in three generations from the end of April until the end of September and hibernates as a half-grown caterpillar.\n\n\nThis is a quite common species in the described Habitats in the Netherlands.
Closeup of an Egyptian Locust (Anacridium aegyptium) sitting on a stone, sunny day in springtime, Cres Croatia
Meadow Brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina)
Closeup on a Gatekeeper butterfly, Pyronia tithonus, with open wings on a Tanacetum vulgare
Butterfly Marsh Fritillary. Euphydryas aurinia.
butterfly on a plant
Eastern chipmunk stretching out on rock, a funny and endearing pose. Twenty-four of the world's 25 chipmunk species live in North America, but only this species is found in the east. The chipmunk is one of the most curious animals, fascinated by human doings. They can even seem to enjoy human company. Taken wide open in the dark woods of Connecticut's northwest hills, with the narrow focus on the big eyes.
Common brown butterfly extreme macro shot illustrates its captivating details from wings and antennas
Large skipper butterfly on grass in a nature reserve. Stukeley Meadows Nature Reserve Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
Small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) butterfly resting on vegetation
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.
Image of a Thistledown Velvet Ant photographed in Snow Canyon State Park outsdie St. George, Utah.
Beautiful Apollo (Parnassius apollo) resting on a Echium vulgare, known as viper's bugloss.
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