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Common Commander butterfly feeding on Mikania micrantha Kunth (Mile-a-minute Weed). Butterfly feeding on weeds.
Japanese beetle resting on plant
Malachite Beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) male with slightly opened wings on an Evergreen Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens), Germany
Green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) on flowering plant
blooming iberis on a sunny day in spring
Shiny green and gold beetle with glittery shell, macro close-up.
A closeup shot of Nustera distigma, a species of beetle of the Cerambycidae family
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.
Two Japanese Beetles are breeding on a clover bloom.
Small copper butterfly on Oregano flower.
A honey bee collects pollen from a white clover bloom in summer.
Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv.\nSweet alyssum\nBrassicaceae
Summer day: single hoverfly on a blooming white queen annes lace
Leaf beetle on wild plants, Beijing Botanical Garden
a black beetle sits on a stalk in a 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.
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Malachius bipustulatus Malachite Beetle Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.
A hoverfly on a flower
A Black-margined Flower Fly forages on a Gomphrena flower in early fall in the boreal forest.
blooming whitethorn or hawthorn genus Crataegus, in close up view
honeybee collecting honey and pollen on clover
Leaf beetle on wild plants, North China
A single yellow coreopsis with a hoverfly.
A closeup of the Northern dune tiger beetle, Cicindela hybrida
Cow parsley with flies gathering nectar.
Honey Bee collecting nectar and pollen from a clover flower
Many small, white flowers of the Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), comprising a single inflorescence, growing in the margins of an agricultural field in central Scotland. The species is native to many areas in the northern hemisphere and has been used by many peoples both to feed livestock and because its essential oils contain many medicinal properties and include the painkiller aspirin.
White Phlox Bunch on Shrub
Cuckoo wasp (aka emerald wasp) on Queen Anne's lace (aka wild carrot) in summer, Connecticut. A small, brilliantly colored, parasitic wasp that lays its eggs in the nests of other insects. So named because cuckoos (i.e., birds) are brood parasites as well.
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