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Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) on a raspberry leaf closeup

close up of oak processionary moth caterpillar on a plant

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

$Lycaena helle, the violet copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from the Pyrenees to northern Norway and from Belgium east across the Palearctic to Central Asia, Siberia and Amur.The wingspan is 24–26 mm. The butterfly flies from May to July depending on the location.\nDescription from Seitz:\nC. amphidamas Esp. (= xanthe Lang, helle Schiff.). Smaller than the preceding forms, at the most as large as small phlaeas. Upperside dark brown, in the females of the spring brood the disc of the forewing reddish yellow, both wings with a sky-blue gloss, which is especially strong in the sun in live specimens. On the underside there is before the red submarginal band of the hindwing an always distinct bluish white lunate band, which in the female is usually continued on to the forewing and is accompanied by black dots. The summer-form obscura Ruhl is darker above and more yellow beneath. Otherwise the variability is less than in other Chrysophanus. Specimens from the high North have been separated as lapponica Backhaus, and Wheeler mentions that the gloss is more blue in some districts and more violet in others. — In Central and North Europe, from Belgium, Baden, and Switzerland eastward to Amurland and northward to Scandinavia and Lapland, sporadic and absent from large districts. \nEggs are laying in June and autumn on Polygonum bistorta (said to occur also on Rumex). The butterflies are on the wing in May and again in July and August in damp meadows, very plentiful at their flight-places. In the north the species is found especially in the plains, while in the south of its area it is more plentiful in the mountains, where it occurs up to 2000m (source Wikipedia). \nNowadays vulnerable in the South of Belgium and the Eifel.\n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the Eifel (Germany) in June 2019.$

monarch butterfly collecting pollen on a flower

Close-up view of a butterfly on a yellow zinnia flower

Closeup of a hairy brown caterpillar on an orange marigold flower

Blue butterfly on stonecrop, Summer in the Eifel,Germnay.

Heartleaf Oxeye with yellow petals, Telekia Speciosa and green butterfly

Beautiful Papilio machaon, the Old World swallowtail feeding on the nectar of red clover.

A nice photograph with plenty of defocused copy space that could be used for insect, butterfly, gardening or nature advertising.

Close-up of a moth caterpillar (Euthrix potatoria) climbing on a blade of grass against a green background. There is space for text at the top

$Zerynthia polyxena, the southern festoon, is a butterfly belonging to the butterfly family Papilionidae.\nDescription:\nThe southern festoon can reach a wingspan of 46–52 mm. The females have slightly longer wings, usually lighter colored than males. The basic color of the wings is yellow, with a complicated pattern of several black bands and spots. \nOn the edges of the hindwings they have a black sinuous line with a series of blue and red warning spots to deter potential predators (aposematism). The body is dark brown and bears red patches on the sides of the abdomen. \nThis species is rather similar to, and can be confused only with, the Spanish festoon (Z. rumina). The differences are in the presence of blue on the hind wings of Z. polyxena and the relatively lower amount of red on its forewings compared with Z. rumina. The ranges of these two species overlap only in southeast France. \nThe caterpillars of Z. polyxena are up to 35 millimeters long. They are initially black, then they are yellowish with six rows of fleshy orange and black spikes all over the body. \nHabitat:\nThese rare butterflies can be found in warm, sunny and open places such as grassy herb-rich meadows, vineyards, river banks, wetlands, cultivated areas, brushy places, wasteland, rocky cliffs and karst terrains, at an elevation of from 0 to 1,700 meters above sea level but usually below 900 meters.\nDistribution:\nZ. polyxena is widespread in the middle and southern Europe (southeastern France, Italy, Slovakia and Greece) covering all the Balkans and reaching the south of Kazakhstan and the Urals. Although they are widespread they occur only locally (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.$

Fritillary butterfly on an orange Cosmos flower in a meadow. Very shallow depth of field. Focus flat on to the side of the butterfly with it's wings raised. Good copy space.

Checkered White (Pontia protodice) butterfly feeding on Golden Crownbeard flower in the garden. Natural green background with copy space.

Sooty copper butterfly on yellow wildflowers in a sunlit meadow.

Caterpillar eating purple flower - animal behavior.

tiny butterfly with fire-colored wing top, Lycaena virgaureae

Ducat butterfly, Summer in the Eifel,Germnay.

Beautiful yellow wildflowers and beautiful cabbage white butterflies blooming in the fresh spring field are swaying in the spring breeze and flying among the flowers.

Tiny Bees Sleeping On A perennial Rudbeckia Plant. Taken at dusk as they came in to sleep each night.

Top view grass moth, acronicta rumicis larvae, caterpillar climbing on leaves. Macro colored photo of animal

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly with blue background. In Arizona in the fall. Not captive, free flying.

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