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$Butterfly found on Polish meadows near desert \$

Butterfly (Argynnis) on Globe Thistle captured during summer season.

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

A group of various insects enjoys a large concentration of flowers at the borders of a large field mid summer.

The small, white butterfly feeding from the bright purple flower of the wild plant.

A painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) sips nectar for a prickly thistle in Arizona.

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

Butterfly multicolored in a beautiful scene of nature, flying insect

West Lothian, Scotland, 30 July 2019: A pair of small tortoiseshell butterflies are feeding on wildflowers in a small meadow beside Harperrig Reservoir. The background is de-focused.

Butterfly on a purple flower. Beauty in nature, pollinator at work.

White butterfly on Levzeya saflorovidny or maral root (Rhaponticum carthamoides) wild Medicinal plant flower, active additives from vegetable raw materials. It is also called Siberian ginseng

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

A close-up of a fritillary perched on a flower

animal insect sitting on a plant on a spring day

Different shapes and colors of butterflies in their natural habitat, which is blackberry grass.

Butterfly meadow. There are butterflies and insects on the flowers and grass

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

Detailed view of orange butterfly sitting on the bloom sharp flower. Animals and insects in the wild

This beautiful butterfly was dancing around feeding on thistle pollen

Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus)

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