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

Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) feeding on Wild Bergamot on a mid-summer afternoon at Clarence Schock Memorial Park in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

Two six spot burnet moths and single bumble bee on pink burdock flower in grass meadow

Holly blue butterfly in macro closeup, common insect specie from Eurasia

Large Skipper butterfly on Oregano flower.

top view of an Amata phegea on a nice colorful blossom

Ochlodes sylvanus Large Skipper Butterfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Pyrgus malvae, the grizzled skipper, is a butterfly species from the family Hesperiidae. It is a small skipper with a chequered pattern on its wings.

The Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) on a scabiosa

Crepuscular burnet butterfly (Zygaena carniolica) in the sun on a globe thistle (Echinops ritro). Blurred grassy background. Le Sauze, Alpes-de-haute-Provence, France. August 2021.

An image of a Red Admiral feeding on a thistle head

Hummingbird hawk moth feeding on flower, Macroglossum stellatarum, Iglesias, South Sardinia, Italy. Mediterranean.

$The hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) is a species of hawk moth found across temperate regions of Eurasia. The species is named for its similarity to hummingbirds, as they feed on the nectar of tube-shaped flowers using their long proboscis while hovering in the air; this resemblance is an example of convergent evolution. \nLife cycle:\nTwo or more broods are produced each year. The adult may be encountered at any time of the year, especially in the south of the range, where there may be three or four broods. It overwinters as an adult in a crevice among rocks, trees, and buildings. On very warm days it may emerge to feed in mid-winter. Unlike other moths, they have no sexual dimorphism in the size of their antennal lobes.\nHabitat and host plants:\nHummingbird hawk-moths can be easily seen in gardens, parks, meadows, bushes, and woodland edge, where the preferred food plants grow (honeysuckle, red valerian and many others). \nTheir larvae usually feed on bedstraws or madders (Rubia) but have been recorded on other Rubiaceae and Centranthus, Stellaria, and Epilobium. \nAdults are particularly fond of nectar-rich flowers with a long and narrow calyx, since they can then take advantage of their long proboscis and avoid competition from other insects. Flowers with longer tubes typically present the feeding animal a higher nectar reward. Proboscis length is thought to have been evolutionarily impacted by the length of flower feeding tubes.] Examples of such plants include Centranthus, Jasminum, Buddleia, Nicotiana, Primula, Viola, Syringa, Verbena, Echium, Phlox, and Stachys. \nDistribution:\nThe hummingbird hawk-moth is distributed throughout the northern Old World from Portugal to Japan, but it breeds mainly in warmer climates (southern Europe, North Africa, and points east). Three generations are produced in a year in Spain. \n\nThis Species can be seen in different Habitats (inc. Gardens) in the Netherlands in Summer Season.$

A macro shot of an autographa gamma drinking nectar from a purple thistle flower

Varied Eggfly Butterfly (Female) In Subtropical Australian Garden. Also Known As Blue Moon Butterfly

Close-up detailed photo of a colorful butterfly on a purple wildflower. Summer nature wildlife concept.

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Macrophotography of a Delaware Skipper (Anatrytone logan) on a thistle flower.

A painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) sips nectar for a prickly thistle in Arizona.

Meadow Brown butterfly- Maniola jurtina sucks nectar with its proboscis from the blossom of the Cirsium arvense the creeping thistle or field thistle

Spicebush swallowtail butterfly on the very tip of blooming field thistle. Medium close-up with bokeh background. Taken at a farm in Connecticut, midsummer.

Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus)

Newly emerged peacock butterfly resting on a white flower

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

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