#butterflies — Public Fediverse posts

Myscelia cyaniris (Blue Wave / Royal Blue) is a Nymphalid butterfly native to Neotropical rainforests from Mexico to South America. Known for its brilliant iridescent blue-striped wings, adults bypass floral nectar to feed on fermenting fruit, tree sap, and decaying organic material. #butterflies #biology #nature #animals #insects #photo

#MothOfTheDay is two for the price of none. Two variations of the same species. The strangely netted:

LUNAR UNDERWING
Anchoscelis lunosa

Relatively common in Southeast UK this time of year; more sporadic further north. Larvae feed on various grasses.

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #autumn #october #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate #lunar

#autumn #herfst #nature #natuur #butterflies #vlinders #nederlandsevlinders #spiders #spinnen #hoverflies #zweefvliegen #nederlandsenatuur #macrophotography

Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)

A butterfly lands on a chainlink fence just short of the goldenrod blossoms.

iNaturalist link [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405902310 ]

#GrayHairstreak #butterfly #butterflies #Insect #Insects #Arthropods #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #Tulsa #Oklahoma #iNaturalist

#MothOfTheDay is a real autumn regular in the Southeast UK. Again, a continental immigrant and not yet a suspected colonist. I had 6 of these visitors last night. The ethereal...

JASMINE PEARL
Palpita vitrealis

Larvae feed on Jasmine and Olive.

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #garden #autumn #october #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate

@donray I’ve seen more monarchs this year than in the past several years, so that’s encouraging. Here in our yard we have a late straggler. Not sure if it’s going to emerge; it’s been chilly at night.

#MonarchButterfly #Butterflies #Iowa

#SilentSunday #Butterflies #MonarchButterfly #Iowa

The monarchs are still passing through.

Clipper Butterfly (Parthenos sylvia)
Butterfly 2022-8

We sometimes have to work very hard
Just to try to rest easy

#butterfly #butterflies #macro #photography #beauty #nature #insect #flower #bokeh #mramsdellpics

“So we’ll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh at gilded butterflies …” ~ William Shakespeare, King Lear

#SilentSunday #ShakespeareSunday #butterflies #bloomscrolling #herbs #PartialToPink #autumn #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature

South Dakota plants to know: Allium species https://www.allforgardening.com/1943400/south-dakota-plants-to-know-allium-species-2/ #AlliumCanadense #AlliumStellatum #AlliumTextile #alliums #bees #butterflies #GardeningSouthDakota #OaheDownstreamRecreationArea #onions #PrairieButterflyGarden #PrairieOnion #SouthDakota #WildGarlic

Some bonus #photos from my husband’s Saturday walk to the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #Insects #Butterflies

"Autumn sunshine could extend Britain’s bumper year for butterflies"

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Butterflies

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/30/autumn-sunshine-britain-bumper-year-butterflies

#LIST OF #BUTTERFLIES OF #RUSSIA
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