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A great Spangled Fritillary feeds on butterfly weed.

Cluster of white blossom of Red-osier dogwood, or Cornus sericea, branch with green foliage in spring park.

$Larvae of these beetles are xylophagous. They mainly feed on downy oak (Quercus pubescens), evergreen oak (Quercus ilex) and cork oak (Quercus suber). These longhorn beetle are considered a pest of oaks\n\nThey are considered a danger for Quercus Forests$

Scarlet Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) blooming red flowers

Solidago speciosa (Showy Goldenrod) Native North American Wildflower

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) flowers in summer.

Great spangled fritillary seeming to smile as its proboscis goes into a flower of joe-pye weed. Sharply focused on the eyes and head. The butterfly's striking pattern inspires its name. The Latin word fritillus means chessboard or dice box. The spangles are the silvery white spots on the underwings.

One of the thousands of different kinds of wildflower that create a tapestry across the Western Australian landscape in Spring.

Verbena hastata (American Blue Vervain) is a tall, upright, clamp-forming perennial adorned with spikes of small purplish blue flowers on tall, branched stems. Blooming from early summer to fall, the flowers open from bottom upwards towards for a long-lasting display.

flowers, wildflowers, Butterfly Weed, orange

$Brenthis daphne, the marbled fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.\nDescription:\nBrenthis daphne has a wingspan of 30–44 millimeters. Wings are rather rounded, the basic color of the upper side of the forewings is bright orange, with an incomplete black marginal band. The underside of the hindwings have a yellowish postdiscal band and the marginal area is completely suffused with purple, with a marble effect (hence the common name). The quadrangular patch on the underside hindwing is partially shaded orange pink to outer side. The chrysalis has two dorsal rows of thorns with bright spots and a bright metallic shine.\nThis species is very similar to the lesser marbled fritillary (Brenthis ino), but the latter is slightly smaller and the coloration of said patch is completely yellow.\nBiology:\nThe butterfly flies from late May to early August depending on the location. The eggs are laid separately in July on the leaves of the host plants. The larvae feed on brambles (Rubus fruticosus), raspberry (Rubus idaeus), Rubus caesius, Rubus sachalinensis, Sanguisorba officinalis and Filipendula species, while adults usually feed on nectar from brambles, thistles and other flowers. This species is univoltine. It overwinters at the caterpillar stage in the egg shell. \nDistribution and habitat:\nThis widespread species is present in the Palearctic ecozone from the southern parts of the continental Europe (northern Spain, southern France, Germany, Italy and eastwards to Slovakia and Greece), up to Caucasus, western Siberia. It prefers warm and sunny forest edges, woodland and bushy areas where the host plants grow, at an elevation of 75–1,750 meters above sea level (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.$

Alpine plants in Nasu mountain range ( Scientific name : Aconogonon weyrichii ).The Nasu Mountain Range refers to the mountains straddling the border between Tochigi Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture.The mountains are part of Nikko National Park.

Cowslip Flowers captured during spring season inside a wood in the canton of schaffhausen. The Flowers often announces springtime.

Showy milkweed or asclepias speciosa flowers and buds with leaves against blue background

Cardamine pratensis, the cuckoo flower in meadow

Sambucus nigra. Common names include elder, elderberry, black elder, European elder, European elderberry and European black elderberry.

Eucomis, pineapple lily, 'Cornwood' in flower.

Flower white Ornithogalum beautiful bokeh

$Low to short perennial or biennial; stems numerous, erect, unbranched, hairless or with 2 lines of hairs. Leaves lanceolate, 2-pinnately-lobed, hairless or slightly hairy; bracts similar to the leaves, though smaller.\nFlowers pink or red, 15-25mm long, in lax spikes, the upper lip of the corolla blunt, slightly curved, 2-toothed near the apex; calyx not 2-lipped, hairless, inflated in fruit.\nHabitat: Bogs, marshes, damp heaths, moors and open woodland on peaty soils, to 1800m.\nFlowering Season: April-July.\nDistribution: Throughout Europe, Except the Faeroes, Iceland and N Scandinavia.\n\nThis is a scarce Species in the described Habitats in the Netherlands.$

Close up of Griffiths spurge (euphorbia griffithii) flowers in bloom

Tricyrtis hirta, Load lily, hairy load lily or Japanese toad lily is a Japanese species of hardy perennial plant in the lily family. Its star-like flowers are white with rich purple spots and purple stigmas. It blooms in late summer to mid-autumn on arching stems.

Trees and wild flowers in a field in sunlight in spring

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