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Adult green female of Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa) sitting on a stem of thistle plant

Artischocke (Cynara cardunculus) plant captured during summer season while the Plant is blooming.

The seed of Knautia macedonia macedonian scabious plant on green background

Grass growing by the side of a loch in the Scottish Highlands

Beautiful purple thistle in bloom on sunlight

Purple Veronicastrum virginicum or Culver's root

Swallowtail butterfly on a thistle in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.

Close up of a female American Goldfinch bird gathering material for nesting

$Description: The larvae of the Brimstone feeds on the leaves of Buckthorn and Alder Buckthorn. The egg is approximately 2.5mm tall and is skittle shaped as are all eggs laid by Butterflies of the Pieridae family. They can be found on fresh leaf growth on the larval food plant during the spring and are easy to find.\n\nThe caterpillars feed singularly on the food plant and are easily found lying along the mid-rib of the upperside of a leaf. It is remarkably well camouflaged being the same green as the leaves of its food plant.\n\nThe chrysalis is attached by the tail to a stick or branch of the foodplant by silk and a silken thread as a support girdle. The pupal stage lasts around 14 days. The Chrysalis changes colour when the butterfly is about to emerge.\n\nWarm sunny days in early March brings the Brimstone out from hibernation but since it is such a long-lived species butterflies may be seen throughout the year even though there is only one brood per year. The bright rich yellow of the male Brimstone butterfly cannot be confused with any other butterfly. The female however is a very pale yellow almost white in colour and can be confused at a distance for a Large White. The distinctive shape of the Brimstone and the intricate veining of the wings make it a remarkably beautiful and graceful butterfly.\n\nThe Brimstone is also one of the longest living of Butterflies and is the only species outside the Nymphalidae family to hibernate as an adult butterfly.\n\nHabitat: The Brimstone is usually found in open areas such as grasslands, woodland rides, gardens and waste places, usually in areas adjacent to woodland, scrub and hedgerows where the larval food plant (Buckthorn sp.) occurs. It is often seen visiting suburban gardens in spring and late summer.\n\nDistribution: Common Species throughout Europe.$

close up view of a gatekeeper butterfly sitting on a purple blooming thistle and gathering nectar

Backgrounds of blossoms, grass and moss with copy space, photographed in full format in high resolution and color

Beautiful field with poppy and chamomile flowers and blue sky with clouds. Rural landscape.

Almon-eyed ringlet butterfly on pink flower

Yellow panicles of Solidago flowers in August. Solidago canadensis, known as Canada goldenrod or Canadian goldenrod, is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae.

Close-up photo, on a forest meadow, butterfly Rusalka checkered butterfly (Araschnia levana) spring form

Short to medium stoloniferous, blackish-hairy, perennial. Leaves mostly in a basal rosette, bluish-green, elliptical to lanceolate, untoothed, short-stalked; stem leaves 1-4, smaller. Flower heads orange-brown or orange-red, 13-15mm, in fairly tight clusters.

A beautiful shot of flowers, green trees and plants in Diepholzer Moor nature reserve near Diepholz

$Red actée\nActaea rubra ssp. rubra\nRed Baneberry\n\nFamily: Buttercups$

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