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Pyronia tithonus is a common resident in the Netherlands and has its centre of occurrence in the North-Eastern and Southern Part of the Netherlands.\nHabitat: Gatekeeper occurs mainly in rough, scrubby, flowery grassland vegetation, often in half-shaded places, usually with some woodland nearby. Also in heath land with some trees.\nFlying Season:\nIt flies in one generation from mid-July until mid-August and hibernates as a half-grown caterpillar.\n\nThis Picture is made in the Dwingelderveld (Drenthe) in August of 2022.
Banded Demoiselle on a leaf
Owly sulphur Ascalaphe (Libelloides coccajus) mating in a meadow in spring. Kaiserstuhl, Fribourg-en-Brisgau, Bade-Wurtemberg, Germany, Europe.
Large skipper butterfly on dry grass stems.
Peat moor wetlands in the province of Drenthe, The Netherlands
A Banded Demoiselle poised on dead grass head in sunlight
Potanthus omaha, commonly known as the lesser dart, is a species of skipper butterflies.
Beautiful butterfly Marbled White resting on a plant.
Pearl Crescent butterfly resting on a grass stalk
The beautiful colors of autumn. Autumn forest.
Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary butterfly at Loch Ardinning Nature Reserve, Scotland
An Hobomok Skipper butterfly pauses on a leaf in the Canadian boreal forest.
California Crescent Butterfly, Marine Headlands, California
Large skipper butterfly on grass in a nature reserve. Stukeley Meadows Nature Reserve Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
Brenthis hecate Twin-spot fritillary beautiful orange and black butterfly depending on the first rays of the morning sun natural light
A   Large metallic damselfly with fluttering, butterfly-like wings resting in foliage
Male white wagtail (Motacilla alba) drinking water in a wetland nature reserve in the Netherlands
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 \
A closeup on a male of the  thick-legged flower beetle, Oedemera Nobilis , on a green leaf
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Nature area Binnenveld  between Wageningen en Bennekom Gelderland province in The Netherlands
Butterfly Marsh Fritillary. Euphydryas aurinia.
bug (Ceraleptus gracilicornis) on a green leaf in the garden.
Gerris lacustris Common Water Strider Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.
Owly sulphur (Libelloides coccajus) rare insect species resting on twig in Tuscany, Italy, April.
Damselfly on a borage leaf.
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.
The Hairy Dragonfly is the UK's smallest Dragonfly which emerges in May before other Hawker Dragonflies
Chrysoperla carnea, known as the common green lacewing, is an insect in the Chrysopidae family
Lycaena phlaeas is a common resident in the Netherlands. \nHabitat: The species inhabits a variety of places, including rather nutrient-poor, dry grasslands, gardens, roadside verges, Heathland and coastal dunes, generally these are dry areas with sheltered, sunny spots. Surprisingly, however, the highest densities are found in wet, nutrient-poor grassland.\nDistribution: Its distribution hardly changed during the 20th century.\nFlying Season: The Small Copper flies in three generations from the end of April until the end of September and hibernates as a half-grown caterpillar.\n\n\nThis is a quite common species in the described Habitats in the Netherlands.
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