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animal insect sitting on a plant on a spring day

Black Swallowtail feeding on purple Milk Thistle flower, two bees hooving in the background

En liten gul fjäril sitter i solljuset på en lila tistel.

$Vanessa cardui - Painted lady butterfly - Distelfalter\nBeautiful butterfly on a thistle flower. Europe.$

Wild flowers and butterfly in a meadow in nature in the spring

Flowering milk thistle and butterfly hives on a flower

$Vanessa cardui is a very common migrant that arrives from Africa every summer. Numbers fluctuate annually, depending on the reproduction in Africa.\nThe species is most likely to be seen in open areas were the vegetation has a mosaic structure, such as waste land, fallow ground and pasture land.\nit uses various species of Carduus, Arctium and Cirsium both as larval food plant and as a source of nectar.\n\nThis is a common Migration Butterfly in the Netherlands.$

Small common blue female butterfly resting on top of a Snake weed( Persicaria bistorta) flower head.

Close up of the brown argus butterfly, Aricia agestis, pollinating in a flowers field. Top view, open wings

A small plant just blooming on the woodland floor.

Silver-washed fritillary butterfly (Argynnis paphia) sitting on a purple thorny thistle flower. Wings in deep orange color with black spots on the upperside. Closeup with blurred background.

A close-up of a fritillary perched on a flower

Beautiful close-up of a silver-washed fritillary butterfly sitting on a flower.

Silhouette of a wild flower with a butterfly

Beautiful Silver-washed fritillary [Argynnis paphia] butterfly on a flower in summer

Beautiful orange butterfly feeding on the thistle flower. Summer scenery in meadow near forest in Latvia, Northern Europe.

$The silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia) is a common and variable butterfly found over much of the Palearctic realm – Algeria, Europe, temperate Asia, and Japan.\nDescription:\nThe silver-washed fritillary butterfly is deep orange with black spots on the upperside of its wings, and has a wingspan of 54–70 mm, with the male being smaller and paler than the female. The underside is green, and, unlike other fritillaries, has silver streaks instead of silver spots, hence the name silver-washed. The caterpillar is black brown with two yellow lines along its back and long reddish-brown spines. \nThe male possesses scent scales on the upperside of the forewing that run along veins one to four. The scent produced from these scales attracts females and helps to distinguish it from other species. \nFood resouces:\nAdults feed on the nectar of bramble, thistles, and knapweeds, and also on aphid honeydew. The silver-washed is a strong flier, and more mobile than other fritillaries, and, as such, can be seen gliding above the tree canopy at high speed. Its preferred habitat is thin, sunny, deciduous woodland, especially oaks, but it has been known to live in coniferous woodland. \nThe main larval food plant of the species is the common dog violet (Viola riviniana).\nLife Cycle:\nWhen the egg hatches in August, the caterpillar immediately goes into hibernation until spring. Upon awakening, it will drop to the ground, and feeds on violets close to the base of the tree. The caterpillar usually feeds at night, and usually conceals itself during the day away from its food source, but during cool weather will bask in the sunny spots on the forest floor on dry, dead leaves. It will pupate amongst the ground vegetation, and the adults will emerge in June (source Wikipedia). \n\nThe Picture is made along a small River in the Eifel (Germany) in halfway August 2021.$

A mother-of-pearl butterfly on a flower. Beautiful bright background.

Meadow Brown butterfly, Maniola jurtina, perched on a flower collecting nectar, surrounded by lush greenery.

Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus)

The Beauty of Field Thistle in the European Alps at Summer

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