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Bracketed image - 48 shots - of a butterfly on a bare wall.

brown butterfly with beautiful yellow stripes. isolated on white background

Hummingbird Clear wing Moth close-up side view fluttering over a milkweed plant and drinking nectar with a green background in its environment and habitat surrounding.

This is a picture taken Kumamoto, Japan.

Butterfly Silver-washed Fritillary. Female. Argynnis paphia.

A beautiful skipper butterfly, Two-barred flasher, in the jungle of Guatemala.

Male Adult Orange-spotted Flower Moth of the species Syngamia florella

heliconius melpomene rosina beautiful fancy butterfly originated from central and south america isolated on white background

$The scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula, formerly Panaxia dominula) is a colorful moth belonging to the tiger moth subfamily, Arctiinae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. \nDescription:\nCallimorpha dominula has a wingspan of 45–55 millimeters. Adults of this species are quite variable in color. The forewings usually have a metallic-green sheen on the blackish areas, with white and yellow or orange markings. Hindwings are red with three large and irregular black markings. These moths may also occur in rare color forms, one with yellow hindwings and body and one with extended black on hindwings. The thorax is black glossed with green and shows two longitudinal short yellow stripes. The abdomen is black. The scarlet tiger moth has developed mouthparts, that allow it to feed on nectar. The caterpillars can reach a length of about 40 millimeters . They are dark gray with yellow stripes and small white dots.\nBiology:\nThe imagines are active during the day in May and June. This species has a single generation. The caterpillars are polyphagous. They mainly feed on comfrey (Symphytum officinale), but also on a number of other plants (Urtica, Cynoglossum, Fragaria, Fraxinus, Geranium, Lamium, Lonicera, Myosotis, Populus, Prunus, Ranunculus, Rubus, Salix and Ulmus species). \nDistribution and habitat:\nThis species is present in most of Europe and in the Near East (Turkey, South Caucasus and northern Iran). These moths prefer damp areas (wet meadows, river banks, fens and marshes), but they also can be found on rocky cliffs close to the sea (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Long Weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2019.$

A close up of the butterfly (Limenitis populi ussuriensis) on moss.

Male common whitetail (Plathemis lydia) on rock. A North American dragonfly.

Peacock butterfly on a leaf in Gosforth Park Nature Reserve.

Chrysoperla carnea Common Green Lacewing Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Meadow Brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina)

purple emperor (Apatura iris) on the gound

Colorful closeup of he pink or large elephant hawk moth , Deilephila elpenor with open wings, in the garden

Hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) hovering at butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii), with the focus on its spiraled, pollen-covered proboscis. Taken in a Connecticut flower garden, summer.

Common Blue or Polyommatus icarus, Small blue butterfly

$Appearance:\nIt has a rusty orange colour to the wings, upper body and the tips of the antennae. The body is silvery white below and it has a wingspan of 25–30 mm. This butterfly is very similar in appearance to the Essex skipper (Thymelicus lineola). In the small skipper, the undersides of the tips of the antennae are yellow orange, whereas they are black in the Essex skipper. The black area on the lower edge of the upper wings also differs. Like the other orange grass skippers the male has a distinctive black stripe made up of scent scales.\n\nLife cycle and food plants:\nEggs are laid loosely inside grass sheaths of the caterpillars food plants from July to August. The newly hatched caterpillars eat their own eggshell before entering hibernation individually in a protective cocoon of a grass sheath sealed with silk. In the spring the caterpillar begins feeding. The favoured food plant is Yorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus), although other recorded food plants include timothy (Phleum pratense), creeping soft grass (Holcus mollis), false brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), meadow foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis) and cock's foot (Dactylis glomerata). The caterpillars pupate near the base of the food plant in June with the first adults on the wing at the end of June, a week or two before the first Essex skippers. They are strongly attracted to purple flowers such as thistles and knapweeds.\n\nDistribution:\nThis butterfly's range includes much of Europe (east to the Urals, including Ireland, Britain and Scandinavia, and includes north Africa and the Middle East. It is typically occurring where grass has grown tall.\n\nThis Picture is made during a Long Weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2019.$

Various butterfly on plants and flowers skipper

Doris long wing (Heliconius doris) butterfly in Costa Rica.

Butterfly Poplar Admiral (Limenitis populi) close up, isolated on white background. large butterfly with dark brown wings, white spots and red and blue edging - rare endangered species, need in protection

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