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Essex skipper or European skipper butterfly - Thymelicus lineola sucks with its trunk nectar from a Carthusian pink blossom - Dianthus carthusianorum

Close up view of Vanessa Atalanta above sprouts.

Dingy skipper Erynnis tages butterfly pollinating in purple blooming lavender flowers.

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail in Dover, Tennessee

American Lady butterfly photographed on Gayfeather at the H.E. Flanagan Prairie in Western Arkansas.

A beautiful brown butterfly sits on a blooming oregano.

$Tot 30-39mm, Ab 25-32mm, HW 19-23mm.\nOur most delicate Lestes, which is normally easily separated by its statue and coloration, although some Iberian populations recall L. barbarous.\nHabitat: A wide variety of seasonally dry shallow and reedy waters in the south, becoming more critical in the north-west, where it is most abundant in heath and bog lakes with peat moss (Sphagnum) and rushes (Juncus).\nFlight Season: Northern populations mostly emerge in July, flying into November.\nDistribution: Widespread in Europe, although seldom the dominant Lestes species. Distribution recall L. barbarous, and also tends to wander like that species, though rarely in similarly great numbers.\n\nThis Species is to be seen in the describe Habitats, but not as common as L. sponsa in the Netherlands.$

A hawkmoth during a flight at a flower in the evening

Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) on a Dianthus carthusianorum (Carthusian Pink).

Natures background, selective focus and very shallow depth of field

Red Admiral Butterfly on a Stinging Nettle

A male Widow Skimmer dragonfly, Libellula luctuosa, with soft blue wing marking indicating a juvenile in early summer. Photographer Bob Balestri dba Joesboy

$Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) adult resting on the ground with wings closed\n\nWinterton, Norfolk, UK. May$

$Field characters: Tot 56-64mm, Ab 43-54mm, Hw 37-42mm. Distinctly smaller than most Aeshna species.\n\nThe commonest small hawker. Numerous in much of our area, and although it can be on the wing during most months in the Mediterranean, further north it is especially associated with late summer and autumn, when it may appear in massive migrations. It is usually identified by its size, relative dull colours and the diagnostic yellow \$

green dragonfly close up. Macro shots nature scene dragonfly. green dragonfly in the nature habitat. Calopteryx splendens male

The Painted Lady butterfly is a widely seen butterfly in the Netherlands and loves the Verbena Bonariensis

Meadow brown butterfly on blackberry flowers, vibrant natural scene.

A Common straight swift ( Parnara gutata ). Lepidoptera hesperioidea butterfly. The whole body is brown with four silver markings on the hind wings.

$Limenitis camilla is a quite rare and endangered species in the Netherlands. The species underwent a steep decline during the 1990s, especially in the south of the country. At present, it is present in the provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel. The butterfly occurs in open, damp, deciduous woodland where it is in clearings and along rides, and also at the woodland edge where its larval food plant Lonicera periclimenum is growing. It usually flies in one generation from mid-June until the end of July and hibernates as half-grown caterpillar. \n\n$

A closeup of the meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) on a purple flower

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