#savebutterflies — Public Fediverse posts

I’d given up waiting for Small Tortoiseshell butterflies to visit #InMyGarden - assuming the locals had been wiped out. There are much reduced numbers in many places in UK. So this specimen appearing yesterday gave me great joy.
#butterfly #ButterflyConservation #SaveButterflies #ButterflyWatch #SmallTortoiseshell

Brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni Canon 5D3 sigma 105 f/2.8 1/320 iso: 160 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 5/26/2024 #brimstone #Pieridae #lepidoptera #Butterflies #saveButterflies #Grasslands #macro #Insects #invertebrates

Small Copper, Lycaena phlaeas Canon 7D EF 100 2.8 f/4 1/400 iso: 200 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 9/8/2013 #Lycaenidae #lycaenae #Coppers #Lepidoptera #SaveButterflies #Butterflies #Insects #invertebrates #macro #Grasslands

Essex Skipper, Thymelicus lineola Canon 5D3 Sigma 70 2.8 f/4.5 1/320 iso: 100 Prague, Czech Republic 6/24/2024 #Skippers #hesperidae #SaveButterflies #butterflies #insects #macro #grasslands #invertebrates #Sigma

Essex Skipper, Thymelicus lineola Canon 5D3 Sigma 70 2.8 f/4.5 1/320 iso: 100 Prague, Czech Republic 6/24/2024 #Skippers #hesperidae #SaveButterflies #butterflies #insects #macro #grasslands #invertebrates #Sigma

Essex Skipper, Thymelicus lineola Canon 5D3 Sigma 70 2.8 f/4.5 1/320 iso: 100 Prague, Czech Republic 6/24/2024 #Skippers #hesperidae #SaveButterflies #butterflies #insects #macro #grasslands #invertebrates #Sigma

Essex Skipper, Thymelicus lineola Canon 5D3 Sigma 70 2.8 f/4.5 1/320 iso: 100 Prague, Czech Republic 6/24/2024 #Skippers #hesperidae #SaveButterflies #butterflies #insects #macro #grasslands #invertebrates #Sigma

Essex Skipper, Thymelicus lineola Canon 5D3 Sigma 70 2.8 f/4.5 1/320 iso: 100 Prague, Czech Republic 6/24/2024 #Skippers #hesperidae #SaveButterflies #butterflies #insects #macro #grasslands #invertebrates #Sigma

Small Skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/7.1 1/160 iso: 400 Milovice, Czech Republic 5/18/2009 #Skippers #Hesperidae #lepidoptera #SaveButterflies #butterflies #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

Small Skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/7.1 1/160 iso: 400 Milovice, Czech Republic 5/18/2009 #Skippers #Hesperidae #lepidoptera #SaveButterflies #butterflies #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

Small Skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/7.1 1/160 iso: 400 Milovice, Czech Republic 5/18/2009 #Skippers #Hesperidae #lepidoptera #SaveButterflies #butterflies #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

Small Skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/7.1 1/160 iso: 400 Milovice, Czech Republic 5/18/2009 #Skippers #Hesperidae #lepidoptera #SaveButterflies #butterflies #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

Scarce Swallowtail, Iphiclides podalirius Canon 5D3 sigma 105 2.8 f/6.3 1/320 iso: 125 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/28/2022 #Swallowtails #SaveButterflies #butterflies #lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #papilionidae

Sooty Copper, Lycaena tityrus Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/4 1/320 iso: 160 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 4/29/2024 #Coppers #Lycaenidae #SaveButterflies #Lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands

Essex Skipper, Thymelicus lineola Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/5.6 1/100 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/5/2008 #Skippers #hesperidae #SaveButterflies #lepdoptera #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

Essex Skipper, Thymelicus lineola Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/5.6 1/100 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/5/2008 #Skippers #hesperidae #SaveButterflies #lepdoptera #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

Essex Skipper, Thymelicus lineola Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/5.6 1/100 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/5/2008 #Skippers #hesperidae #SaveButterflies #lepdoptera #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

Essex Skipper, Thymelicus lineola Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/5.6 1/100 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/5/2008 #Skippers #hesperidae #SaveButterflies #lepdoptera #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

Essex Skipper, Thymelicus lineola Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/5.6 1/100 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/5/2008 #Skippers #hesperidae #SaveButterflies #lepdoptera #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

For my 1st sighting of Green-veined Whites this year I took a walk from the garden down the lane - behold! I spot a mating pair on the ground.
Female Green-veined Whites mate with several males to increase the number of her eggs. Male Green-veined Whites transfer sperm but also nutrients the female can use to increase egg production & may transfer 15-25% of their body mass to females during mating.
#butterfly #Lepidoptera ##butterflies #SaveButterflies #ButterflyConservation #GreenVeinedWhite

My daily lepidopterological (is that a new word?) activities are truly picking up, as of yesterday.
#InMyGarden not one, not two, but three butterfly species visited me, and two of them gave me the stare: a Red Admiral and a Small White. The third one - a male Orange Tip - was too busy flitting about to look around.
#butterflies #SaveButterflies #ButterflyConservation #RedAdmiral #SmallWhite #OrangeTip #butterfly

Large Copper, Lycaena dispar on Tall Fleabane Canon 7D EF 100 2.8 f/3.5 1/400 iso: 200 Milovice, Czech Republic 6/18/2014 #Coppers #lycaenae #lycaenidae #Butterflies #lepidoptera #SaveButterflies #macro #insects #invertebrates #Grasslands

Intervening to support declining #butterfly species does work. Good to read about the small pearl-bordered fritillary, vulnerable in Shropshire. Replacing lost habitat helps, like marsh violets for these. Here in NE #Wales Orangetips (my recent pic is black-tipped female) are everywhere, where mustard-garlic plants are left to flourish in hedgerows & so long as these are left to grow wild untouched & not killed off or cut down. #SaveButterflies #ButterflyConservation
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/10/marsh-violets-key-to-helping-rare-fritillary-butterfly-says-national-trust?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Small Copper, Lycaena phlaeas Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/ 3.5 1/250 iso: 250 Milovice, Czech Republic 9/11/2008 #Lycaenidae #Lycaena #Coppers #Lepidoptera #Butterfleis #SaveButterflies #insects #Invertebrates #macro #Grasslands

Small Copper, Lycaena phlaeas Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/5 1/320 iso: 250 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 4/29/2024 #Coppers #SaveButterflies #butterflies #Lycenidae #Lycaenae #Lycaenid #Lepidopera #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

Scarce Copper, Lycaena virgaureae Canon 400D EF f.10 1/125 iso: 400 Milovice, Czech Republic 7/7/2009 #Coppers #lycaenidae #Butterflies #SaveButterflies #Insects #lepidoptera #invertebrates #grasslands

Checquered Skipper, Carterocephalus palaemon Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/4.6 1/250 iso: 400 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 5/20/2011 #Skippers #hesperidae #hesperids #SaveButterflies #butterflies #Lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands

Checquered Skipper, Carterocephalus palaemon Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/4.6 1/250 iso: 400 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 5/20/2011 #Skippers #hesperidae #hesperids #SaveButterflies #butterflies #Lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands

Checquered Skipper, Carterocephalus palaemon Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/4.6 1/250 iso: 400 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 5/20/2011 #Skippers #hesperidae #hesperids #SaveButterflies #butterflies #Lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands

Checquered Skipper, Carterocephalus palaemon Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/4.6 1/250 iso: 400 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 5/20/2011 #Skippers #hesperidae #hesperids #SaveButterflies #butterflies #Lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands

Small Copper, Lycaena phlaeas Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/5 1/250 iso: 100 Milovice, Czech Republic 9/11/2008 #Coppers #lyceaenidae #lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #Butterflies #SaveButterflies #Macro #grasslands

Small Copper, Lycaena phlaeas Canon 7D EF 100 2.8 f/4.5 1/320 iso: 200 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 9/01/2013 #Coppers #lycaenidae #Butterflies #SaveButterflies #Lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #Macro #Grasslands

Checquered Skipper, Carterocephalus palaemon Canon 400D Ef 100 2.8 f/7.1 1/100 iso: 800 Prague, Czech Republic 5/21/2010 #Skippers #hesperidae #Butterflies #lepidoptera #SaveButterflies #Insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands

Butterflies are an indicator species, meaning they can tell us about the health of the wider environment. 2023 data in UK show continued decline of once common Small Tortoiseshell. I recorded them only in ones and twos in #InMyGarden whereas there wd once be up to a dozen on the lavender. ☹️
#SaveButterflies #SmallTortoiseshell #butterfly #butterflies #ButterflyConservation

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/03/small-tortoiseshell-butterfly-population-numbers-england-worst-year-on-record?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Silver-spotted Skipper, Hesperia comma Canon 400D Ef 100 2.8 f/7.1 1/250 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 8/10/2008 #Hesperidae #Skippers #SaveButterflies #butterflies #lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #Grasslands

On my walk #today I headed for a hedge-lined lane where I knew there would be sun-traps. I thought I might see the first #butterfly this year, drawn by the warmth. Sure enough! Pararge Aegeria - a Speckled Wood - flitting in and out of the hedge. I managed a hasty blurred shot of it when it landed briefly in the undergrowth.
#SpeckledWood #butterflies #SaveButterflies #ButterflyConservation #lepidoptery

Sooty Copper, Lycaena tityrus Canon 7D EF 100 2.8 f/3.2 1/320 iso: 126 Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic 6/6/2015 #Coppers #lycaenidae #Butterflies #SaveButterflies #Lepidoptera #Insects #invertebrates #macro #Grasslands

Small Copper, Lycaena phlaeas Canon 7D EF 100 2.8 f/4.5 1/220 iso: 200 Prague, Czech Republic 9/2/2013 #Coppers #Lycaenidae #SaveButterflies #butterflies #Lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

Brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni Canon 7D EF 100 2.8 f/ 5 1/400 iso: 250 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 7/20/ 2014 #brimstone #pieridae #SaveButterflies #butterflies #lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands

Small Copper, Lycaena phlaeas Canon 7D EF 100 2.8 f/4 1/400 iso: 200 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 9/8/2013 #Coppers #Lycaenidae #lycaena #Lepidoptera #insects #SaveButterflies #butterflies #Macro #grasslands

Large Skipper, Ochlodes sylvanus Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/7.1 1/60 iso: 200 Srbskko, Czech Republic 7/5/2008 #Skippers #hesperidae #lepidoptera #Butterflies #SaveButterflies #Insects #invertebrats #Macro #grasslands

Sooty Copper, Lycaena tityrus Canon 7D EF 100 2.8 f/3.2 1/320 iso: 125 Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic 6/6/2016 #Coppers #lycaenidae #Lepidoptera #SaveButterflies #butterflies #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

Scarce Copper, Lycaena virgaureae Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/14 1/125 iso: 800 Milovice, Czech Republic 6/18/2009 #coppers #lycaenidae #Butterflies #SaveButterflies #lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands

Large Copper, Lycaena dispar Canon 7D EF 10 2.8 f/4 1/400 iso: 200 Milovice, Czech Republic 6/18/2014 #Coppers #lycaeniae #Lycaenidae #Lepidoptera #Butterflies #SaveButterflies #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

A new study gives clues as to how Lepidoptera – the order of winged insects that contains butterflies and moths – have been so resilient throughout dramatic changes on Earth. Small Whites, in large numbers here later in the year, are showing great adaptability to the changing climate.

#butterflies #moths #lepidoptera #SaveButterflies #ButterflyConservation #SmallWhite

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/21/butterfly-genome-has-barely-changed-for-250m-years-study-finds-aoe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Swallowtail, Papilio machaon Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/5 1/320 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 5/29/2010 #Papillionidae #Swallowtails #lepidoptera #Butterflies #SaveButterflies #Insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands

Silver-spotted Skipper, Hesperia comma Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/4 1/160 iso: 800 Srbsko, Czech Republic 8/5/2010 #Skippers #hesperidae #Butterflies #SaveButterflies #Lepidoptera #insects #grasslands #macro

Sooty Copper, Lycaena tityrus Canon 5D2 EF 100 2.8 f/5 1/400 iso: 250 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 5/27/2019 #SaveButterflies #Butterflies #Coppers #Lycaenidae #lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #Macro #Grasslands

Scarce Copper, Lycaena virgaureae on Tall Fleabane, Erigeron annuus Canon 7D EF 100 2.8 f/2.8 1/250 iso: 200 Milovice, Czech Republic 9/8/2014 #SaveButterflies #Butterflies #Lycaenidae #Coppers #Insects #invertebrates #macro #Grasslands

White Admiral, Limenitis camilla Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/3.2 1/320 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 8/8/2010 #Brushfoots #Nymphalidae #lepidoptera #SaveButterflies #Butterflies #Admirals #Insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands #woodlands