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An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail in Dover, Tennessee

Essex skipper or European skipper butterfly - Thymelicus lineola sucks with its trunk nectar from a Carthusian pink blossom - Dianthus carthusianorum

A Butterfly papilio machaon on the grass in Summer

Beautiful butterfly portrait resting on green leaves in Autumn

A closeup of the meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) on a purple flower

close up view of a gatekeeper butterfly sitting on a purple blooming thistle and gathering nectar

$Tot 35-40mm, Ab 26-33mm, Hw 20-25mm.\nOften occurs with L. sponsa, with which is easily confused. Typically occurs in lower numbers, but can be more abundant in sites that are only seasonally wet.\nOccurrence:\nRange similar to L. sponsa, but relatively more common southward Europe and typically more localized and less numerous than that species in most of its northern range. Our only Lestes that also occurs in North America.\nHabitat:\nA wide variety of still waters, which typically dry out in the course of summer or have shallow borders providing warm micro-habitats for the larvae. Sites usually have dense growths of rushes or sedges, e.g. dune lakes, reedy shallows, small meadow ponds or edges of bogs.\nFlight Season:\nThe earliest Lestes in most areas, emerging from late May in northern Europe, most abundant in July and August, with the last record in October.\n\nThis is a less common Lestes species, than L sponsa in the Netherlands.$

Close up of white peacock with open tail feathers in a park

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

Two almond-eyed ringlet or Erebia alberganus butterfly on blades of grass

A closeup shot of a marsh fritillary butterfly perched on a flower on a blurred background

Early spring Buckeye Butterfly on flower. Green background.

Close-up photo, on a forest meadow, butterfly Rusalka checkered butterfly (Araschnia levana) spring form

Colorful orange butterfly stands on yellow flower of Tagetes erecta plant

$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 male migrant hawker hanging from a bramble in the English countryside.

Almon-eyed ringlet butterfly on pink flower

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