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butterfly on the flower in spring
Close up of Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui
flowers and butterfly in natural life
Old world swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
Papillon Cuivré des marais, Lycaena dispar. Espèce menacée des zones humides
Aricia montensis
Close shot of an Apollo or mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo) butterfly resting on a field scabious.
Common Commander butterfly feeding on Mikania micrantha Kunth (Mile-a-minute Weed). Butterfly feeding on weeds.
A butterfly perched atop a colorful bouquet of flowers in a grassy meadow.
Great spangled fritillary on joe-pye weed in summer, top or dorsal view, showing the pattern on the back of the wings. The Latin word fritillus means chessboard or dice box. Fritillary is also a checkered flower.
Plebejus argus, Silver Studded Blue Butterfly resting on grass in meadow
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.
Beautiful butterfly Marbled White resting on a plant.
Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv.\nSweet alyssum\nBrassicaceae
Close-up of a common buckeye butterfly, with wings spread open, sitting o a white puffball wildflower in a green country field.
Beautiful Apollo (Parnassius apollo) resting on a Echium vulgare, known as viper's bugloss.
Large copper (Lycaena dispar) endemic butterfly of the Netherlands foraging nectar on flowers of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
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.
butterfly on the flower in spring
macro shot of blue butterfly with soft green yellow background
Macro photo of a blue butterfly.
Vanessa cardui is a very common migrant that arrives from Africa every summer. Numbers fluctuate annually, depending on the reproduction in Africa.\nThe species is most likely to be seen in open areas were the vegetation has a mosaic structure, such as waste land, fallow ground and pasture land.\nit uses various species of Carduus, Arctium and Cirsium both as larval food plant and as a source of nectar.\n\nThis is a common Migration Butterfly in the Netherlands.
A Lorquin's Admiral Butterfly gathers nectar from a bloom in Colusa County, California
The Marbled White is a distinctive and attractive black and white butterfly, unlikely to be mistaken for any other species.
04 september 2021,, Basse Yutz, Yutz, Portes de France, Moselle, Lorraine, Grand Est, France. In a meadow, a male Common Blue Butterfly has landed on a clover flower to forage.
Fools parsley in a grass meadow
A common blue butterfly in a meadow in close-up. The eye is in focus.
Butterfly on white blossom
bees in pollen, bee eats seeds of onion pollen,
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.
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Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.67729 1 - Fringilla montifringilla Linnaeus, 1758 - Fringillidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg
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Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.68392 2 - Fringilla coelebs coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 - Fringillidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg.jpg
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.68392 1 - Fringilla coelebs coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 - Fringillidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg.jpg
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.68383 2 - Fringilla montifringilla Linnaeus, 1758 - Fringillidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg.jpg
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.68383 1 - Fringilla montifringilla Linnaeus, 1758 - Fringillidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg.jpg
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.68388 2 - Fringilla coelebs coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 - Fringillidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg.jpg
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.68388 1 - Fringilla coelebs coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 - Fringillidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg.jpg
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.68409 1 - Fringilla coelebs coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 - Fringillidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg.jpg
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.68409 2 - Fringilla coelebs coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 - Fringillidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg.jpg
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.68394 1 - Fringilla coelebs coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 - Fringillidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg.jpg
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Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.67719 1 - Fringilla coelebs coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 - Fringillidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg
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Aelia acuminata (Pentatomidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Pisaura mirabilis (Pisauridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Araschnia levana (Nymphalidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Lestes spec. (Odonata sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Chrysotoxum cautum (Syrphidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Enicospilus ramidulus (Ichneumonoidea sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Beris vallata (Stratiomyidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Enicospilus ramidulus (Ichneumonoidea sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 3.jpg
Pisaura mirabilis (Pisauridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Nematopogon swammerdamella (Adelidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Anthocharis cardamines (Pieridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Araschnia levana (Nymphalidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Empis tessellata (Empididae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Chrysomela populi (Chrysomelidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Platystoma seminationis (Platystomatinae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Anthophila fabriciana (Choreutidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Araniella spec. (Araneae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Urophora cardui (Tephritidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Donacia spec. (Coleoptera sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Lestes spec. (Odonata sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Corizus hyoscyami (Rhopalidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Lucilia spec. (Diptera sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Nematopogon adansoniella (Adelidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Nematopogon adansoniella (Adelidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 3.jpg
Nematopogon adansoniella (Adelidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Enicospilus ramidulus (Ichneumonoidea sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Anania verbascalis (Crambidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Limax maximus (Limacidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Chrysotoxum cautum (Syrphidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 3.jpg
Cauchas rufimitrella (Adelidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Tetrix subulata (Tetrigidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Tetrix subulata (Tetrigidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Chrysotoxum cautum (Syrphidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Epiphragma ocellare (Tipulidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Harpella forficella (Oecophoridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Harpella forficella (Oecophoridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Aeshna isoceles (Aeshnidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Elophila nymphaeata (Crambidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Elophila nymphaeata (Crambidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Radix balthica (Lymnaeidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Radix balthica (Lymnaeidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Abraxas grossulariata (Geometridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Volucella zonaria (Hoverfly sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Stathmopoda pedella (Oecophoridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Eurydema oleracea (Pentatomidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Stenocorus meridianus (Cerambycidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Stenocorus meridianus (Cerambycidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Agrilus biguttatus (Coleoptera sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Agrilus biguttatus (Coleoptera sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Sitochroa palealis (Crambidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Macaria alternata (Geometridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Macaria alternata (Geometridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Cassida spec. (Coleoptera sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Pammene aurana (Tortricidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Arge cyanocrocea (Argidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Anania verbascalis (Crambidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Malachius bipustulatus (Melyridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Malachius bipustulatus (Melyridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Eysarcoris venustissimus (Pentatomidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Eysarcoris venustissimus (Pentatomidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 3.jpg
Eysarcoris venustissimus (Pentatomidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Cantharis decipiens (Cantharidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Cantharis decipiens (Cantharidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 3.jpg
Cantharis decipiens (Cantharidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Closterotomus norwegicus (Miridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Closterotomus norwegicus (Miridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Aelia acuminata (Pentatomidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Tritomegas bicolor (Cydnidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Helophilus pendulus (Hoverfly sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Stratiomys longicornis (Stratiomyidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Mystacides longicornis (Leptoceridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Helophilus pendulus (Hoverfly sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Mystacides longicornis (Leptoceridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Hydrometra stagnorum (Hydrometridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Hydrometra stagnorum (Hydrometridae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Kleidocerys resedae (Lygaeidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Kleidocerys resedae (Lygaeidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
Dictyla humuli (Tingidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Dictyla humuli (Tingidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 3.jpg
Dictyla humuli (Tingidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
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