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

A male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly feeding on a purple thistle flower

Swallowtail Butterfly on a wildflower in front of Bass Lake in the Moses Cone National Park located in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. The park contains over 25 miles of carriage trails including a one-mile trail around the lake.

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

A vibrant yellow and black Tiger Tail butterfly is perched on green spiky plants. Its wings are spread wide, revealing a complex pattern of markings and colors.

Balck Swallowtail, Latin: Papillo poluxenes, is feeding on purple flower of Milk Thistle plant

Two tailed swallowtail butterfly feeding on New Mexico thistle. This beautiful butterly flitted around us while we hiked Sanida foothill trails. Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

A small plant just blooming on the woodland floor.

A beautiful fresh Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly nectaring on a Common Teasel flower. Muted pastel background.

Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) on a flowering thistle. Green Swamp. Florida. USA.

Seen here is a yellow swallowtail butterfly sitting on a blooming thistle.

Argynnis paphia - Silver-washed Fritillary butterfly on a thistle flower

A vivid macro photograph of an orange speckled butterfly delicately perched on a blooming wild thistle in Brac, Croatia. The contrasting colors of the butterfly's patterned wings and the vibrant purple and orange thistle create a striking summer nature scene. Captured in natural daylight with a soft bokeh background, this image is ideal for themes related to biodiversity, pollination, insects, Mediterranean flora, or seasonal change.

Female Eastern Swallowtail from the side, as it feeds from a vivid purple flower.

A beautiful dark Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly nectaring on a Common Teasel flower.

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

A Butterfly in an English country garden.

Butterfly on Wild Flower, Natural Background,

Beautiful Swallowtail butterfly sucking nectar from a pink Japanese thistle flower (Outdoor field, closeup macro photography)

A black butterfly resting on a thistle flower

This Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly dines on a thistle in southern Arizona.

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

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail feeding on a thistle blossom

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