#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.

Where Butterflies Go in Fall

As temperatures drop, butterflies use different strategies to make it through the changing season. Find out where they go and what autumn looks like for these pollinators.

https://beeshaven.com/where-butterflies-go-in-fall/

#beeshaven #butterflies #pollinators #fallnature

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