Free Images - SnappyGoat.com- bestof:butterfly skipper butterfly skipper european skipper insect flying insect nature close up arthropod bokeh thymelicus lineola

Click Here for More Images from iStock- 15% off with coupon 15FREEIMAGES

Large Skipper butterfly on Oregano flower.

Close up of the brown argus butterfly, Aricia agestis, pollinating in a flowers field. Top view, open wings

scarce large blue butterfly insect colorful wings beautiful animal

$Pyrgus malvae, the grizzled skipper, is a butterfly species from the family Hesperiidae. It is a small skipper (butterfly) with a chequered pattern on its wings that appears to be black and white. This butterfly can be found throughout Europe and is common in central and southern regions of England. The butterfly prefers three major types of habitat: woodland, grassland, and industrial. Eggs are laid on plants that will provide warmth and proper nutrition for development, such as A. euphoria. As larvae, their movement is usually restricted to a single plant, on which they will build tents, unless they move onto a second host plant. Larvae then spin cocoons, usually on the last host plant they have occupied, where they remain until spring. Upon emerging as adult butterflies, grizzled skippers are quite active during the day and tend to favour blue or violet-coloured plants for food. They also possess multiple methods of communication; for example, vibrations are used to communicate with ants, and chemical secretions play a role in mating. Exhibiting territorial behaviour, males apply perching and patrolling strategies to mate with a desired female.\nHabitat: \nAlthough grizzled skippers occupy three major forms of habitats, they tend to settle in environments with spring nectar plants, larval food plants (agrimony, creeping cinquefoil, wild strawberry, tormentil), ranker vegetation, and edges with scrub or woodland. Host plants are from the family Rosaceae with a focus on Agrimonia eupatoria as well as Potentilla. \nFlight Season: \nGrizzled skippers produce one brood per season and are in flight from the middle of March to the middle of July. \n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.$

The Queen of Spain fritillary (Issoria lathonia) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

The blue color of the Common Blue butterfly is less evident when its wings are closed, but a distinct blue hue does show up. The detailed patterns on the wings are a marvel of the artistry of nature. This photographe was taken in the midday sunshine in Southern Quebec in summertime.

Great spangled fritillary on joe-pye weed in summer, top or dorsal view, showing the pattern on the back of the wings. The Latin word fritillus means chessboard or dice box. Fritillary is also a checkered flower.

A Contiguous Swift skipper butterfly perches on a blade of grass.

Closeup of a large skipper Ochlodes sylvanus butterfly on a purple thistle flowers drinking nectar.

Southern White Admiral butterflies (Limenitis reducta) viewed on top

Brown Argus butterfly on a blade of grass in a nature reserve. Stukeley Meadows Nature Reserve Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

A Bordered Patch butterfly perched on a flower head and covered in dew at the National Butterfly Center.

Head-on view of a white peacock butterfly on a leaf

Parnara guttata Bremeret Grey, Rice skipper butterfly, A butterfly is on the flower

Potanthus omaha, commonly known as the lesser dart, is a species of skipper butterflies.

butterflies in wildlife and what we see through the lens

macro shot of blue butterfly with soft green yellow background

Lepidoptera insects in the wild, North China

A Purple Emperor Butterfly feeding on salts on a woodland track

Pearl Crescent butterfly resting on a grass stalk

Common Blue or Polyommatus icarus, Small blue butterfly

$Appearance:\nIt has a rusty orange colour to the wings, upper body and the tips of the antennae. The body is silvery white below and it has a wingspan of 25–30 mm. This butterfly is very similar in appearance to the Essex skipper (Thymelicus lineola). In the small skipper, the undersides of the tips of the antennae are yellow orange, whereas they are black in the Essex skipper. The black area on the lower edge of the upper wings also differs. Like the other orange grass skippers the male has a distinctive black stripe made up of scent scales.\n\nLife cycle and food plants:\nEggs are laid loosely inside grass sheaths of the caterpillars food plants from July to August. The newly hatched caterpillars eat their own eggshell before entering hibernation individually in a protective cocoon of a grass sheath sealed with silk. In the spring the caterpillar begins feeding. The favoured food plant is Yorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus), although other recorded food plants include timothy (Phleum pratense), creeping soft grass (Holcus mollis), false brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), meadow foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis) and cock's foot (Dactylis glomerata). The caterpillars pupate near the base of the food plant in June with the first adults on the wing at the end of June, a week or two before the first Essex skippers. They are strongly attracted to purple flowers such as thistles and knapweeds.\n\nDistribution:\nThis butterfly's range includes much of Europe (east to the Urals, including Ireland, Britain and Scandinavia, and includes north Africa and the Middle East. It is typically occurring where grass has grown tall.\n\nThis Picture is made during a Long Weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2019.$

An arctic skipper in resting position on a green plant

A Small Copper with open wings nectaring on flower head

Free Images: "bestof:butterfly skipper butterfly skipper european skipper insect flying insect nature close up arthropod bokeh thymelicus lineola"

European skipper butterfly insect thymelicus lineola.jpg

Fiery skipper butterfly macro insect photo.jpg

Zinnia_flower_with_Dark_Small-branded_Swift_butterfly.png

Eastern_Lubber_Grasshopper_(Romalea_guttata)..png