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Old world swallowtail (Papilio machaon)

A Spicebush Swallowtail flanked by Pipevine Swallowtails left and right, nectaring on native Tall Thistle.

Close-up of a Macaone butterfly above a thistle.

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

Marbled white butterfly

Red spotted admiral butterfly sitting on spring thistle

An image of a Red Admiral feeding on a thistle head

Black Swallowtail Butterfly Feeding on a Flower

Three beautiful butterflies supplies themselves with the vital nectar on two pink flowering thistles.

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

butterflies, FLOWER, PAIR

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

View of Vanessa feeding on a Thistle.

Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus)

A butterfly sits on a thistle drinking nectar while collecting pollen before moving on to the next thistle.

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.

Hummingbird Moth searching for food in Eleven Mile Canyon Colorado

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

A beautiful, elegant, bright butterfly (Melanargia galathea) sitting on the flower in summer, sunny day close-up

thistle butterfly

Tiger Swallowtail butterfly drinking from a purple thistle bloom in a meadow

Butterfly on echinacea

Close-up of a tjersey tiger moth on a flower with a pretty green bokeh

A small plant just blooming on the woodland floor.

butterfly on the flower in spring

An image of a Comma Butterfly nectaring on a thistle head

beautiful portrait of Swallowtail butterfly at dawn

Great spangled fritillary, fluttering over summer wildflowers (joe-pye weed) as it feeds, with the focus on the eyes and head. The butterfly's striking pattern inspires its name. The Latin word fritillus means chessboard or dice box.

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

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

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