#ButterFlyWeek

Small butterfly, perched head down on a honeysuckle twig, in the sun. We are seeing the underside of its wings. Wings are overall warm brown with a flush of bright ochre visible on the forewing. There are a few white rings, and random white “frosting.”

Apparently I just missed #butterflyweek, but I spotted this Harvester only yesterday. Its caterpillar stage feeds on woolly aphids instead of foliage. These are briefly common in spring. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. #bugsky #insects #butterflies

Orange Tip butterfly resting from the breeze on some wild Garlic Mustard flowers.
The underwing patterns and colours are amazing camouflage and in such contrast to the vibrant orange wing tips when its in flight.

#FSPrintMonday #ShareMondays2026 #Butterfly #Nature #EastCoastKin #ButterflyWeek

Closed winged orange , brown and white butterfly with long snout perched on white boneset flowers

Seems like today is the last day of the #butterflyweek — here’s an American Snout — #butterflies #insects #eastcoastkin

Face to face with an orange, black, and white butterfly (I think it's a field crescent) perched on top of a tall purple fleabane (Erigeron perennis) in Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada.

Jumping in to the last of #Butterflyweek with one of my favorite shots: eye to eye with a field crescent (I think!) taken in gorgeous #WatertonLakesNationalPark in Alberta.

#insects #naturephotography 🌿

A brown butterfly with a white outline and white circles at the top corner of its wings sitting on a rock partially open. It's casting a shadow on the rock. In the bottom left, there are green leaves.

One last post for #ButterflyWeek

A daggerwing in Costa Rica

#EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #photography #butterflies

A Mourning Cloak Butterfly resting on our gray deck furniture. Its wings are predominantly brown, edged with a black strip with turquoise dots, then yellow along the edges.

My last #ButterflyWeek photo.
A pretty Mourning Cloak Butterfly from last summer. 🩵

#Butterfly
#ECK
#photography
#naturephotography

#ButterflyWeek
Nice shot of Butterfly by Marga

A common blue🦋 to finish Rina's fabulous #ButterflyWeek #Butterflies #Insects #NaturePhotography

#butterflyWeek 🦋🌿#FrontRangeNature
Grey hairstreak on Senicio.
From July 2013.

A vibrant blue butterfly with black edging on its wings sits on a stone path. There are reddish and white spots in the black margin.

A very old photo of a #BlueMorpho to close out Rona’s #ButterflyWeek. #photography #ECK

Peacock butterfly for Rina’s #ButterflyWeek
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Red Admiral in a Clydeside garden for Rina’s #ButterflyWeek
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The cryptic underwing markings of a male Orange-tip butterfly settled down to roost as soon as a cloud drifted across the sun. Just in time for Rina's #ButterflyWeek #Nature #Photography #Nikon

The cryptic underwing markings of a male Orange-tip butterfly settled down to roost as soon as a cloud drifted across the sun. Just in time for Rina's #ButterflyWeek #Nature #Photography #Nikon

I love all the contributions to Rina’s #ButterflyWeek. In our present circumstances, we may need #ButterflyYear.

A Buckeye butterfly (wings spread) resting on gravelly ground, showing orange bands and multiple eye-like spots on each wing.

Hope it's not too late for Rina's #ButterflyWeek. #Buckeye

Went birding, came home with butterfly photos. 😀🤣

@rina2012.bsky.social invited us all to join a #ButterflyWeek
Here, I think, is a Berger's Clouded Yellow from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence yesterday...
#Butterflies #Insects #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Stunday #Summer #SundayYellow #Nature #ECK

The photograph shows a butterfly from the Nymphalidae family, belonging to the genus Polygonia. Judging by the characteristic pattern and shape of its wings, it may be the C-album or the very similar C-aureum C-gold C-album. Appearance Description Coloration: The upperside of the wings has a bright ochre-red or orange background with a contrasting pattern of dark brown or black spots. A dark border runs along the outer edge of the wings. Wing Shape: The wing edges are heavily serrated and have deep "teeth," giving the butterfly the appearance of a dry leaf when its wings are folded. Dimensions: This is a medium-sized butterfly, with a wingspan typically ranging from 40 to 52 mm.

🌿🧡🦋🧡🌿
#Stunday #photography #nature #ColorADay #OrangeSun #ButterflyWeek #lifeisbeautiful #thelittlethings #Macro #macrophotography

A group of black and white butterflies eat from sliced pineapple.

Unlike what appears to be a race of tiny sailboats, these Clipper and Admiral butterflies have no need to vie for position.

#butterflyweek #butterflies #singapore #ECK #westcoastkin #stunday #photography #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #blackbluewhitebutterflies

Ein Aurorafalter, ein Schmetterling mit grauem pelzigen Körper und weißen und leuchtend orangen Flügeln. Er sitzt mit ausgebreiteten Flügeln auf einer nicht sichtbaren Blüte über grünem Grund.

Orange Tip on #OrangeSun🌞
#ButterflyWeek #ColorADay
#photography #stunday
Habt einen schönen Abend!🦋

A speckled wood - still looking a bit pleated, so maybe newly emerged? #butterflyweek

A Monarch butterfly is perched on small white flowers. Its wings are bright orange with black veins and a black border dotted with white spots. Green leaves surround the flowers, and a few purple blossoms sit nearby.

For Rina’s @rina2012.bsky.social
#ButterflyWeek a Monarch butterfly

#naturephotography #butterflies #butterfly

A white and black butterfly on dry grass.

Checkered White Butterfly
#ButterFlyWeek #Butterflies

Painted Lady butterfly on Knapweed for Rina’s #ButterflyWeek
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An orange and brown Comma butterfly resting on a green Cherry leaf.

A nice Comma seen in Ely yesterday, for #ButterflyWeek. 📷 #photography

a vibrant monarch butterfly (scientifically known as Danaus plexippus) perched on a deep purple butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii). the butterfly is easily identifiable by its iconic bright orange wings laced with intricate black veins and white spots along the borders. it is shown in profile, delicately clinging to the small, tubular flowers of a dense purple spike. the background is a soft blur of green leaves and a clear blue sky.

one more Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) for #ButterflyWeek
#ECK #WCK
#Oregon #PNW
#Insect #Butterfly #Monarch
#Nature #Photography

Small Heath butterfly on Ox-eye Daisy for Rina’s #ButterflyWeek
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#Hollyblue basking today on some shiny-leaved hedging on path leading to my #allotment, next to it a #Hollytree coming into flower. Photo 3 is taken in Autumn somewhere in town on #Ivy, photo 4 shows Ivy late Autumn on the allotment site where Holly blue is common.
#Connections
#Butterflyweek

Green-veined White on Knapweed for Rina’s #ButterflyWeek
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1st Buckeye of the season

#ButterflyWeek
#ColorADay
#OrangeSunday

Some Orange-tip shots for Rina’s #ButterflyWeek
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