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Aglais urticae is a common resident. Migrants are also often seen. Its distribution probably has not changed during the last century. However, the Dutch Monitoring Scheme shows a decline in numbers in the 1990s; the cause is not known.\nAdults can be seen looking for nectar in gardens, parks and on roadside verges. \nThe caterpillars feed on the smaller plants of Urtica dioica in very sunny, open spots.\nThe species flies in two generations from the beginning of March until the end of October. The adult butterfly hibernates in cool, dark places, such as barns, attics, or hollow trees.\n\nThe Picture is made along a small Brook in the Eifel (Germany) in halfway August 2021.
Zerynthia cerisy was also known as Allancastria cerisyi. Its geographical range extends from the Balkans and Turkey to the Middle East.
top view of an Amata phegea
Beautiful Apollo (Parnassius apollo) resting on a Echium vulgare, known as viper's bugloss.
The large, seldom-seen Poplar Admiral, one of the biggest butterflies in Europe landed in my backyard in Uppland, Sweden
Butterfly Silver-washed Fritillary. Female. Argynnis paphia.
The Marbled White is a distinctive and attractive black and white butterfly, unlikely to be mistaken for any other species.
Beautiful butterfly Marbled White resting on a plant.
flowers and butterfly in natural life
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.
by Thorsten Spoerlein (www.thorstenspoerlein.com)
Cornflower close up. Compyloneuro virgula beetle in the foreground.
Closeup of A marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on a straw, cloudy day in summer in the Austrian Alps
Painted Lady butterfly
Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on wildflowers in early evening dusk sunset
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.
The scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula, formerly Panaxia dominula) is a colorful moth belonging to the tiger moth subfamily, Arctiinae. , an intresting photo
A beautiful skipper butterfly, Two-barred flasher, in the jungle of Guatemala.
flowers and butterfly in natural life
Butterfly Marsh Fritillary. Euphydryas aurinia.
Lepidoptera insect on wild plants, North China
Coenonympha tullia is an extremely rare resident. At present, it is limited to one large and three small populations in the provinces of Drenthe and Friesland. On the Dutch Red List is it now listed as “critically endangered”.\nIt has been declining since the beginning of the 20th century.\nLarge Heath used to occur on practically all of the raised bogs in the Netherlands, but peat extraction, drainage and land reclamation have destroyed more and more of its habitat.\nIt flies in one generation from the beginning of June until mid-July and hibernates as a half-grown caterpillar in large tussocks of Eriophorum vaginatum, its larval foodplant.\n\nThis Picture is made in “het Fochtloërveen” on the border of Friesland and Drenthe (the Netherlands) in June 2018.
Top view close-up on the wings of the Map butterfly, araschnia levana, in summer outfit. The map two annual broods look very different. This summer brood are black with white markings.
Pieridae
Pearl Crescent butterfly resting on a grass stalk
Hummingbird clearwing moth at white hydrangea, with copy space. Taken in a Connecticut garden, summer.
Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on wildflowers in early evening dusk sunset
An Hobomok Skipper butterfly pauses on a leaf in the Canadian boreal forest.
A close up of the butterfly (Limenitis populi ussuriensis) on moss.
Peacock butterfly on a leaf in Gosforth Park Nature Reserve.
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