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$Vanessa cardui - Painted lady butterfly - Distelfalter\nBeautiful butterfly on a thistle flower. Europe.$

Black Swallowtail feeding on purple Milk Thistle flower, two bees hooving in the background

animal insect sitting on a plant on a spring day

Argynnis paphia - Silver-washed Fritillary butterfly on a thistle flower

Flowering milk thistle and butterfly hives on a flower

$The silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia) is a common and variable butterfly found over much of the Palearctic realm – Algeria, Europe, temperate Asia, and Japan.\nDescription:\nThe silver-washed fritillary butterfly is deep orange with black spots on the upperside of its wings, and has a wingspan of 54–70 mm, with the male being smaller and paler than the female. The underside is green, and, unlike other fritillaries, has silver streaks instead of silver spots, hence the name silver-washed. The caterpillar is black brown with two yellow lines along its back and long reddish-brown spines. \nThe male possesses scent scales on the upperside of the forewing that run along veins one to four. The scent produced from these scales attracts females and helps to distinguish it from other species. \nFood resouces:\nAdults feed on the nectar of bramble, thistles, and knapweeds, and also on aphid honeydew. The silver-washed is a strong flier, and more mobile than other fritillaries, and, as such, can be seen gliding above the tree canopy at high speed. Its preferred habitat is thin, sunny, deciduous woodland, especially oaks, but it has been known to live in coniferous woodland. \nThe main larval food plant of the species is the common dog violet (Viola riviniana).\nLife Cycle:\nWhen the egg hatches in August, the caterpillar immediately goes into hibernation until spring. Upon awakening, it will drop to the ground, and feeds on violets close to the base of the tree. The caterpillar usually feeds at night, and usually conceals itself during the day away from its food source, but during cool weather will bask in the sunny spots on the forest floor on dry, dead leaves. It will pupate amongst the ground vegetation, and the adults will emerge in June (source Wikipedia). \n\nThe Picture is made along a small River in the Eifel (Germany) in halfway August 2021.$

Silybum marianum or milk thistle, blessed milkthistle, Marian thistle, Mary thistle, Saint Marys thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, Scotch thistle, medicine and pharmaceutical use, butterfly.

Balck Swallowtail, Latin: Papillo poluxenes, is feeding on purple flower of Milk Thistle plant

Nymphalidae Butterflies - Is one of the largest family of butterfly in the Europe

Small lonely butterfly sitting on the bloom sharp flower. Animals and insects in the wild

Butterfly (Argynnis) on Globe Thistle captured during summer season.

Small multi colored butterfly on a violet common thistle

A Gulf Fritillary butterfly photographed on a thistle next to the Talimena Drive, Oklahoma.

A small plant just blooming on the woodland floor.

A beautiful mother-of-pearl butterfly on a flower. Beauty is in nature.

cabbage white butterfly on purple flower thistle ruffled in summer, Poland

The Painted Lady is a long-distance migrant, which causes the most spectacular butterfly migrations observed in Britain and Ireland.

Butterfly multicolored in a beautiful scene of nature, flying insect

Ochlodes sylvanus Large Skipper Butterfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Butterfly on Thistle in the rays of the sunset on the blurred background of the forest. Natural summer background, selective focus

beautiful summer butterfly sitting on a blooming purple thistle flower in the late afternoon sun

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

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