#butterflies — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #butterflies, aggregated by home.social.
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Motivated Monarch (2024)
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Motivated Monarch (2024)
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Motivated Monarch (2024)
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Motivated Monarch (2024)
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Motivated Monarch (2024)
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A Red Admiral that has alighted on a tree trunk along the Pierce Road, Harvard #Forest. If it had closed its wings vertically above its body, the underside pattern would have blended in perfectly with the bark of the tree.
#forest #hasselblad #naturephotography #butterfly #butterflyphotography #insectphotography #butterflies #nature #biology #biodiversity #lepidoptera #insects #entomology #pollinators #trees
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A Red Admiral that has alighted on a tree trunk along the Pierce Road, Harvard #Forest. If it had closed its wings vertically above its body, the underside pattern would have blended in perfectly with the bark of the tree.
#forest #hasselblad #naturephotography #butterfly #butterflyphotography #insectphotography #butterflies #nature #biology #biodiversity #lepidoptera #insects #entomology #pollinators #trees
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A Red Admiral that has alighted on a tree trunk along the Pierce Road, Harvard #Forest. If it had closed its wings vertically above its body, the underside pattern would have blended in perfectly with the bark of the tree.
#forest #hasselblad #naturephotography #butterfly #butterflyphotography #insectphotography #butterflies #nature #biology #biodiversity #lepidoptera #insects #entomology #pollinators #trees
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A Red Admiral that has alighted on a tree trunk along the Pierce Road, Harvard #Forest. If it had closed its wings vertically above its body, the underside pattern would have blended in perfectly with the bark of the tree.
#forest #hasselblad #naturephotography #butterfly #butterflyphotography #insectphotography #butterflies #nature #biology #biodiversity #lepidoptera #insects #entomology #pollinators #trees
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A Red Admiral that has alighted on a tree trunk along the Pierce Road, Harvard #Forest. If it had closed its wings vertically above its body, the underside pattern would have blended in perfectly with the bark of the tree.
#forest #hasselblad #naturephotography #butterfly #butterflyphotography #insectphotography #butterflies #nature #biology #biodiversity #lepidoptera #insects #entomology #pollinators #trees
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Cloudless sulphur #butterfly visiting a Turk’s Cap #flower.
#photography #butterflies #flowers #MacroPhotography #ButterflyPhotography #BloomScrolling #insects
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Cloudless sulphur #butterfly visiting a Turk’s Cap #flower.
#photography #butterflies #flowers #MacroPhotography #ButterflyPhotography #BloomScrolling #insects
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Cloudless sulphur #butterfly visiting a Turk’s Cap #flower.
#photography #butterflies #flowers #MacroPhotography #ButterflyPhotography #BloomScrolling #insects
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Cloudless sulphur #butterfly visiting a Turk’s Cap #flower.
#photography #butterflies #flowers #MacroPhotography #ButterflyPhotography #BloomScrolling #insects
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Cloudless sulphur #butterfly visiting a Turk’s Cap #flower.
#photography #butterflies #flowers #MacroPhotography #ButterflyPhotography #BloomScrolling #insects
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New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/09/11/pakistan-show-belated-fight/
A look at goings on in the test match at Edgbaston and a #photo gallery in two parts, first a #StNicholasChapel special and then a general gallery.
#cricket #TestCricket #EnglandvPakistan #ENGvPAK #photography #buildings #birds #insects #bees #butterflies #dragonflies #RuddyDarter -
More Eastern Tiger Swallowtails have visited our garden this summer than any other butterflies. Central Pennsylvania. #butterfly #butterflies #easterntigerswallowtail #easterntigerswallowtails #easternswallowtail #easternswallowtails #swallowtail #swallowtails #flutterby #fluttterbys #nature #naturestudy #naturestudies #naturephotography #naturephotograph #naturephoto #naturephotos #naturephotographs #insect #insects #centralpennsylvania #pennsylvania #easternstates #eastcoast
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More Eastern Tiger Swallowtails have visited our garden this summer than any other butterflies. Central Pennsylvania. #butterfly #butterflies #easterntigerswallowtail #easterntigerswallowtails #easternswallowtail #easternswallowtails #swallowtail #swallowtails #flutterby #fluttterbys #nature #naturestudy #naturestudies #naturephotography #naturephotograph #naturephoto #naturephotos #naturephotographs #insect #insects #centralpennsylvania #pennsylvania #easternstates #eastcoast
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More Eastern Tiger Swallowtails have visited our garden this summer than any other butterflies. Central Pennsylvania. #butterfly #butterflies #easterntigerswallowtail #easterntigerswallowtails #easternswallowtail #easternswallowtails #swallowtail #swallowtails #flutterby #fluttterbys #nature #naturestudy #naturestudies #naturephotography #naturephotograph #naturephoto #naturephotos #naturephotographs #insect #insects #centralpennsylvania #pennsylvania #easternstates #eastcoast
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More Eastern Tiger Swallowtails have visited our garden this summer than any other butterflies. Central Pennsylvania. #butterfly #butterflies #easterntigerswallowtail #easterntigerswallowtails #easternswallowtail #easternswallowtails #swallowtail #swallowtails #flutterby #fluttterbys #nature #naturestudy #naturestudies #naturephotography #naturephotograph #naturephoto #naturephotos #naturephotographs #insect #insects #centralpennsylvania #pennsylvania #easternstates #eastcoast
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More Eastern Tiger Swallowtails have visited our garden this summer than any other butterflies. Central Pennsylvania. #butterfly #butterflies #easterntigerswallowtail #easterntigerswallowtails #easternswallowtail #easternswallowtails #swallowtail #swallowtails #flutterby #fluttterbys #nature #naturestudy #naturestudies #naturephotography #naturephotograph #naturephoto #naturephotos #naturephotographs #insect #insects #centralpennsylvania #pennsylvania #easternstates #eastcoast
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Cressida cressida, the clearwing swallowtail or 'big greasy' butterfly. Large and conspicuously coloured - it is toxic to potential predators. Toxins are absorbed from the food that it eats as a caterpillar. Seen in Cape York. FNQ.
#nature #photography #australia #wildlife #insects #butterflies #invertebrates
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Cressida cressida, the clearwing swallowtail or 'big greasy' butterfly. Large and conspicuously coloured - it is toxic to potential predators. Toxins are absorbed from the food that it eats as a caterpillar. Seen in Cape York. FNQ.
#nature #photography #australia #wildlife #insects #butterflies #invertebrates
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Cressida cressida, the clearwing swallowtail or 'big greasy' butterfly. Large and conspicuously coloured - it is toxic to potential predators. Toxins are absorbed from the food that it eats as a caterpillar. Seen in Cape York. FNQ.
#nature #photography #australia #wildlife #insects #butterflies #invertebrates
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Cressida cressida, the clearwing swallowtail or 'big greasy' butterfly. Large and conspicuously coloured - it is toxic to potential predators. Toxins are absorbed from the food that it eats as a caterpillar. Seen in Cape York. FNQ.
#nature #photography #australia #wildlife #insects #butterflies #invertebrates
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Cressida cressida, the clearwing swallowtail or 'big greasy' butterfly. Large and conspicuously coloured - it is toxic to potential predators. Toxins are absorbed from the food that it eats as a caterpillar. Seen in Cape York. FNQ.
#nature #photography #australia #wildlife #insects #butterflies #invertebrates
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huge flight of migrating California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica) butterflies today in the county
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The Palamedes Swallowtail #butterfly (aka Laurel Swallowtail) visiting the Esperanza plant in our backyard.
#photography #butterflies #ButterflyPhotography #MacroPhotography #insects #InsectPhotography #flowers #BloomScrolling #nature
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The Palamedes Swallowtail #butterfly (aka Laurel Swallowtail) visiting the Esperanza plant in our backyard.
#photography #butterflies #ButterflyPhotography #MacroPhotography #insects #InsectPhotography #flowers #BloomScrolling #nature
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The Palamedes Swallowtail #butterfly (aka Laurel Swallowtail) visiting the Esperanza plant in our backyard.
#photography #butterflies #ButterflyPhotography #MacroPhotography #insects #InsectPhotography #flowers #BloomScrolling #nature
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The Palamedes Swallowtail #butterfly (aka Laurel Swallowtail) visiting the Esperanza plant in our backyard.
#photography #butterflies #ButterflyPhotography #MacroPhotography #insects #InsectPhotography #flowers #BloomScrolling #nature
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The Palamedes Swallowtail #butterfly (aka Laurel Swallowtail) visiting the Esperanza plant in our backyard.
#photography #butterflies #ButterflyPhotography #MacroPhotography #insects #InsectPhotography #flowers #BloomScrolling #nature
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Black Swallowtails over the purple wildflowers at Big Thicket, from a clean wings-open portrait to two butterflies meeting above the blooms.
📍 Pitcher Plant Trail, Big Thicket National Preserve, TX
📸 Canon EOS R50 + RF100-400mm#BlackSwallowtail #Butterflies #WildlifePhotography #BigThicket #TexasWildlife
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"Butterfly Meadow"
Teableau for 09/07/26I already had the cup, so when I saw the teapot at my thrift shop, it was a done deal
#Tea #Teapot #Teableau #VintageChina #StDalfour #PeachTea #BlackTea #Brooch #Bakelite #Butterflies #Ladybugs
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"Butterfly Meadow"
Teableau for 09/07/26I already had the cup, so when I saw the teapot at my thrift shop, it was a done deal
#Tea #Teapot #Teableau #VintageChina #StDalfour #PeachTea #BlackTea #Brooch #Bakelite #Butterflies #Ladybugs
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"Butterfly Meadow"
Teableau for 09/07/26I already had the cup, so when I saw the teapot at my thrift shop, it was a done deal
#Tea #Teapot #Teableau #VintageChina #StDalfour #PeachTea #BlackTea #Brooch #Bakelite #Butterflies #Ladybugs
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Beauty All Around
There is beauty all around. But we usually don't notice it. . Life gets busy, our minds get distracted, and sometimes we become so focused on our problems that we stop seeing the good around us. Look again today. God has filled His creation—and your life—with beautiful things to enjoy. You just gotta look. 💎 ✨Click to read the full devotional -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/08/29/england-in-command-at-lords/
A look at developments in the test match at Lord's so far and a #photo gallery.
#cricket #TestCricket #EnglandvPakistan #ENGvPAK #photography #birds #cormorants #starlings #insects #bees #HornetHoverfly #butterflies #dragonflies #RuddyDarter -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/08/26/a-declaration-that-backfired-and-a-great-bowling-performance/
An account of the closing stages of #GloucestershuirevWorcestershire on Sunday and an account of Kate Cross's bowling today in #HampshirevLancashire.
#cricket #CountyChampionship #GLOvWOR #WomensOneDayCup #HAMvLAN #photography #birds #cormorants #egret #heron #insects #bees #butterflies. -
The first Monarch Butterfly to visit my garden this summer. #monarch #monarchbutterfly #swallowtail #swallowtailbutterfly #easterntigerswallowtailbutterfly #easterntigerswallowtail #butterfly #butterflies #flutterby #beauty #beautyofnature #nature #naturesbeauty #floraandfauna #photography #naturephotography #naturephotographer #garden #gardening #inthegarden #mysecretgarden #butterflybush #butterflybushes #Papilioglaucus #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio Glaucus). #swallowtail #swallowtailbutterfly #easterntigerswallowtailbutterfly #easterntigerswallowtail #butterfly #butterflies #flutterby #beauty #beautyofnature #nature #naturesbeauty #floraandfauna #photography #naturephotography #naturephotographer #garden #gardening #inthegarden #mysecretgarden #butterflybush #butterflybushes #Papilioglaucus #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens #pennsylvaniagardening #pennsylvaniagardener
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CW: Raupe
Habe eben eine Schwalbenschwanz-Raupe an der Petersilie entdeckt!🥰🎉🤗
So eine hab ich ja ewig nicht gesehen!
Wusste gar nicht, dass die auch an Petersilie gehen, aber gut, ist ja ein Doldenblütler und als einzige hier noch schön saftig und grün.🤷♀️
Ich hoffe, das bekommt ihr und sie gedeiht gut davon.😊
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio glaucus) in the garden. Central Pennsylvania. #swallowtail #swallowtailbutterfly #easterntigerswallowtailbutterfly #easterntigerswallowtail #butterfly #butterflies #flutterby #beauty #beautyofnature #nature #naturesbeauty #floraandfauna #photography #naturephotography #naturephotographer #garden #gardening #inthegarden #mysecretgarden #butterflybush #butterflybushes #Papilioglaucus #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens
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New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/07/22/the-hundred-2026-gets-underway/
A look back at yesterday's game between MI London and Sunrisers Leeds men's sides (I missed the women's match due to work) and a #photo gallery.
#cricket #TheHundred #MILondonvSunrisersLeeds #MILvSRH #photography #birds #cormorants #oystercatchers #goldfinches #insects #HummingbirdHawkMoth #bees #hoverflies #butterflies #RedAdmiral #PaintedLady #Gatekeeper -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/07/11/history-at-lords/
A look at the first day and a half of the historic first women's #TestMatch ever to be played at Lord's, a video and a photo gallery.
#blogging #cricket #WomensCricket #TestCricket #CricketHistory #EnglandvIndia #KrantiGaud #DeeptiSharma #SophieEcclestone #photography #birds #cormorants #egret #oystercatcher #insects #butterflies #beetles #demoiselles #mammals #hedgehog -
Is This Anything?
The Butterfly Festival
Every year, over the course of a fortnight, the city fills with butterflies. Millions of them. They blanket every surface, drift through every street, settle on every shoulder. They come for a few days, and then leave, continuing their migration and dispersing.
People come from all over to see the beauty. The festival that grew around their arrival is now the largest on the continent, with vendors, ceremonies, competitions, and tourists.
This year, something is different.
The butterflies arrived as expected, but something is off. The butterflies are... docile? Their bright colors are... muted? They seem... skittish around people. And when the fortnight ends, they don't leave. They stay, packed together, restless and dim. More keep arriving. The migration has stalled.
Nobody knows why. The festival mood curdles into unease.
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Why this is happening can depend on the story you're telling:
1. Something blocks the migration path. A threat, a disaster, or a darkness lies ahead on their route. The butterflies are witnesses to something the players haven't found yet.
2. Something in the city is drawing them. An artifact, a ritual, a birth, a death. The butterflies are responding to a magical attractor the players may be connected to.
3. They are carrying something. Spores, a curse, fey larvae, encoded information. Someone is using the migration as a delivery mechanism, and the delay is intentional.
4. They are dying. Their colors fade a little more each day. Their death will trigger something - ecological, magical, or divine - and the clock is already running out.
5. Not all of them are butterflies. Most are, but something is hiding in the swarm, waiting.---
The cause is left open on purpose. Plug in whatever fits your current story, or let the players figure it out and surprise you.
#iTA #isThisAnything #dnd5e #DungeonsAndDragons #TTRPG #ttrpghooks #Worldbuilding #storyhook #butterflies #festival
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Plant one flower in your garden in April to attract butterflies https://www.allforgardening.com/1717849/plant-one-flower-in-your-garden-in-april-to-attract-butterflies/ #buddleja #butterflies #flowers #garden #NectarRichPlants #WildlifeConservation
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New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/03/02/on-radagast-the-brown/
A look at one of the less well known characters in "The Lord of the Rings" and a #photo gallery.
#books #photography #Tolkien #TheIstari #RadagastTheBrown #photography #birds #cormorants #swans #waders #insects #bees #butterflies -
#UK - How #WildlifeCorridors Are Helping Animals Survive In #Urban Areas
By Sarah Whitmore / 20 May 2025
Excerpt: "How animals actually use these corridors
"Let’s take #hedgehogs. Urban hedgehog populations are declining sharply — partly because their ability to roam has been limited by garden fences, walls, and roads. A hedgehog might need to travel over a kilometre in a single night to find enough food and a mate. The Hedgehog Street campaign has shown that something as simple as a 13 cm hole in a garden fence can turn a neighbourhood into a habitat network.
"#Bats, which are legally protected in the UK, rely on uninterrupted linear features like tree rows and waterways to navigate. When gaps appear in these features — from tree removal, #LightPollution, or #development — their movement is disrupted. Creating corridors that link #roosting sites with feeding grounds can dramatically increase their chances of survival.
"#Amphibians, especially species like common toads, face seasonal danger when crossing roads to reach breeding ponds. #UnderRoadTunnels and #AmphibianFriendly #drainage routes, used in projects supported by organisations like #Froglife, have proven successful at reducing #roadkill and supporting local populations.
"#Pollinators like #bees and #butterflies also benefit immensely from corridors. Isolated #wildflower patches can’t support long-distance foraging. But when these patches are linked — even via #roadside verges or #SchoolGardens — insects can move more freely and establish healthier, more resilient populations."
Read more:
https://thenaturenetwork.co.uk/how-wildlife-corridors-are-helping-animals-survive-in-urban-areas/#SolarPunkSunday #RewildTheNight #UrbanSprawl #Development #Nature #WildlifeCorridor #UrbanRewilding #NatureCorridors #NatureCrossings #Wildflowers #GardeningForPollinators
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Colorful Butterfly on crisp white! Painted fabric collaged to form beauty.
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/colorful-butterfly-on-white-sharon-cummings.html#butterfly #butterflyart #butterflies #butterflygarden #colorful #colorfulart #handmade #handmadeart #art #artwork #fediart #mastoart #bug #bugs #entomology #insect #insects #fun #SharonCummingsArt #buyintoart #homedecor #homedecorating #healing #thyroid