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An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio glaucus, isolated on white. This fellow has had a long hard summer and is a delight to eye flying though any garden

Gulf fritillary butterfly sucking nectaron a purple zinniaflower

This small butterfly is a Juniper Hairstreak. It was photographed at the H.E. Flanagan Prairie in Western Arkansas in mid-July. It is feeding on Rattlesnake Master.

Closeup macro view of tropical butterfly of jungle - Heliconius melpomene rosina, Papilio lowi, Papilio demoleus, Monarch butterfly (danaus plexippus) on the green leaves.

$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 \$

Silver Studded Blue Butterfly (plebeius argus) resting with closed wings on heath (Erica tetralix) in natural heathland habitat. Drenthe, Netherlands.

$The photo shows orange/yellow cosmos flowers and a butterfly called Argyreus hyperbius / Indian fritillary.\nNative to Mexico, cosmos sulphureus which is commonly called yellow cosmos is now grown all over including North America, Asia and Europe. This annual plant produces daisy-like flowers with flower colors ranging from yellow to orange to scarlet red. Orange cosmos normally blooms in summer and early autumn in Japan with butterflies circling around the flowers.$

Attractive flying pale green with orange dots and red spots butterfly with soft shadow beneath, Jewel Nawab, Polyura delphis (Nymphalidae Charaxinae)

This Gray Hairstreak butterfly was photographed feeding on Rattlesnake Master in the H.E. Flanagan Prairie in Western Arkansas.

A dragonfly sits on top of a leaf stem in the sunlight. Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.

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

background of a beautiful black butterfly

a female flat-bellied dragonfly (Libellula depressa) perches on a withered branch. In the background a green meadow. There is a lot of space for text. The dragonfly is photographed from above

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly sitting on a yellow flower (Papilio glaucus) against a blurred green background.

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

$A sharply focused image of a butterfly on a Bromeliad leaf. This insect look elegant in a profile image with structural refraction from the belly of this critter. The phot was taken in the Amazon Basin of Ecuador$

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