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A Black-margined Flower Fly forages on a Gomphrena flower in early fall in the boreal forest.

blooming iberis on a sunny day in spring

Macro of beetle of Oedemera nobilis feeding on a white edelweiss flower

honeybee collecting honey and pollen on clover

Beautiful Apollo (Parnassius apollo) resting on a Echium vulgare, known as viper's bugloss.

bees in pollen, bee eats seeds of onion pollen,

Ants crawl on the inflorescences Garden Angelica in the spring.

Honey Bee collecting nectar and pollen from a clover flower

A tiny metallic blue Osmia Mason Bee pollinating a white clover flower while in flight. Long Island, New York, USA

$Brenthis daphne, the marbled fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.\nDescription:\nBrenthis daphne has a wingspan of 30–44 millimeters. Wings are rather rounded, the basic color of the upper side of the forewings is bright orange, with an incomplete black marginal band. The underside of the hindwings have a yellowish postdiscal band and the marginal area is completely suffused with purple, with a marble effect (hence the common name). The quadrangular patch on the underside hindwing is partially shaded orange pink to outer side. The chrysalis has two dorsal rows of thorns with bright spots and a bright metallic shine.\nThis species is very similar to the lesser marbled fritillary (Brenthis ino), but the latter is slightly smaller and the coloration of said patch is completely yellow.\nBiology:\nThe butterfly flies from late May to early August depending on the location. The eggs are laid separately in July on the leaves of the host plants. The larvae feed on brambles (Rubus fruticosus), raspberry (Rubus idaeus), Rubus caesius, Rubus sachalinensis, Sanguisorba officinalis and Filipendula species, while adults usually feed on nectar from brambles, thistles and other flowers. This species is univoltine. It overwinters at the caterpillar stage in the egg shell. \nDistribution and habitat:\nThis widespread species is present in the Palearctic ecozone from the southern parts of the continental Europe (northern Spain, southern France, Germany, Italy and eastwards to Slovakia and Greece), up to Caucasus, western Siberia. It prefers warm and sunny forest edges, woodland and bushy areas where the host plants grow, at an elevation of 75–1,750 meters above sea level (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.$

Common Commander butterfly feeding on Mikania micrantha Kunth (Mile-a-minute Weed). Butterfly feeding on weeds.

Great spangled fritillary seeming to smile as its proboscis goes into a flower of joe-pye weed. Sharply focused on the eyes and head. The butterfly's striking pattern inspires its name. The Latin word fritillus means chessboard or dice box. The spangles are the silvery white spots on the underwings.

Close up of a Capricorn Beetle on a white flower

Close shot of an Apollo or mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo) butterfly resting on a field scabious.

Malachite Beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) male with slightly opened wings on an Evergreen Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens), Germany

Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) feeding on nectar from white clover, England, United Kingdom

Grey seal resting on the rocks near Inner Farne.

$Aglais urticae is a common resident. Migrants are also often seen. Its distribution probably has not changed during the last century. However, the Dutch Monitoring Scheme shows a decline in numbers in the 1990s; the cause is not known.\nAdults can be seen looking for nectar in gardens, parks and on roadside verges. \nThe caterpillars feed on the smaller plants of Urtica dioica in very sunny, open spots.\nThe species flies in two generations from the beginning of March until the end of October. The adult butterfly hibernates in cool, dark places, such as barns, attics, or hollow trees.\n\nThe Picture is made along a small Brook in the Eifel (Germany) in halfway August 2021.$

The vertical macro shot of an Alosterna tabacicolor on the flowers of a scorpion grass plant

Summer day: single hoverfly on a blooming white queen annes lace

Plagionotus floralis - beetle eats pollen on an inflorescence with white flowers, Ukraine

Macro shot of adult musk beetle (Aromia moschata) with very long antennae and coppery and greenish metallic tint on a white flower surrounded with green vegetation in bright sunlight

A flower longhorn beetle pollinates a spring flower in the Laurentian Forest.

The Marbled White is a distinctive and attractive black and white butterfly, unlikely to be mistaken for any other species. In July it flies in areas of unimproved grassland and can occur in large numbers on southern downland. It shows a marked preference for purple flowers such as Wild Marjoram, Field Scabious, thistles, and knapweeds. Adults may be found roosting halfway down tall grass stems.

$Vanessa cardui is a very common migrant that arrives from Africa every summer. Numbers fluctuate annually, depending on the reproduction in Africa.\nThe species is most likely to be seen in open areas were the vegetation has a mosaic structure, such as waste land, fallow ground and pasture land.\nit uses various species of Carduus, Arctium and Cirsium both as larval food plant and as a source of nectar.\n\nThis is a common Migration Butterfly in the Netherlands.$

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