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white butterfly with black lines. In the spring, it wanders among the plants and lands on daisies. Taken in daylight with a full frame camera.

Sunny Summer day in a garden: silver y moth (Autographa gamma) on top of a blooming zinnia elegance flower head silver Y mark on the forewing.

$Pyrgus malvae, the grizzled skipper, is a butterfly species from the family Hesperiidae. It is a small skipper (butterfly) with a chequered pattern on its wings that appears to be black and white. This butterfly can be found throughout Europe and is common in central and southern regions of England. The butterfly prefers three major types of habitat: woodland, grassland, and industrial. Eggs are laid on plants that will provide warmth and proper nutrition for development, such as A. euphoria. As larvae, their movement is usually restricted to a single plant, on which they will build tents, unless they move onto a second host plant. Larvae then spin cocoons, usually on the last host plant they have occupied, where they remain until spring. Upon emerging as adult butterflies, grizzled skippers are quite active during the day and tend to favour blue or violet-coloured plants for food. They also possess multiple methods of communication; for example, vibrations are used to communicate with ants, and chemical secretions play a role in mating. Exhibiting territorial behaviour, males apply perching and patrolling strategies to mate with a desired female.\nHabitat: \nAlthough grizzled skippers occupy three major forms of habitats, they tend to settle in environments with spring nectar plants, larval food plants (agrimony, creeping cinquefoil, wild strawberry, tormentil), ranker vegetation, and edges with scrub or woodland. Host plants are from the family Rosaceae with a focus on Agrimonia eupatoria as well as Potentilla. \nFlight Season: \nGrizzled skippers produce one brood per season and are in flight from the middle of March to the middle of July. \n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2006.$

Pyrgus malvae sur plante non identifiée.

Araschnia levana Map Butterfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Detailed closeup on a Red underwing skipper butterfly, Spialia sertorius sitting on a yellow thistle flower

A vibrant Mormon fritillary butterfly rests atop yellow flowers, feeding on nectar, with its orange wings contrasting beautifully against the greens and yellows of the Colorado Rocky Mountain landscape.

An adult Subtropical Lady butterfly (Vanessa carye) alights and feeds on yellow flowers on a farm in Melipilla, central Chile. The species is widespread throughout South America

Hoary Captain Butterfly (Pyrgus malvae) on a dried flower on brown background

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) Butterfly Feeding on Mentha Plant

Large Grizzled skipper - (Pyrgus alveus)

Macro shots, Beautiful nature scene. Closeup beautiful butterfly sitting on the flower in a summer garden.

In an Alsatian vineyard conducted in biodynamic agriculture, life takes back its rights and you can see many plants blooming accompanied by many insects.

Common Blue Butterfly / Latin species name: Polyommatus icarus

Island of Corfu, Greece. Corfu, or Korkyra, lies to the west of the Greek and Albanian mainland and separates the Adriatic from the Ionian Seas. Largely formed from Limestone, the island measuring some thirty miles by 18 miles is now a tourist destination, known for its beaches, climate and olives. Medieval castles and ancient ruins chart the military history of the island back to ancient Greek mythology.

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