Butterflies & other insects Gallery

Swallowtailed Moth, Ourapteryx sambucaria

Swallowtailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) - in flight, night Order Lepidoptera, Family Geometridae, forest edges, woods, gardens, scrub and parks across Europe

Animal, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Critter, Ecoscene, Environment Flight, Flying, Flying Insect, High Speed Photographic Technique, Insect, Invertebrate, Jointed Leg, Minibeast, Motion, Movement, Wing, Wings

Sundew feeding on a Green Lacewing

Sundew (Drosera scorpioides) Carnivorous Ppant feeding on Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea), Munich, Bavaria, Germany. the plant lures, captures, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surface

Angiosperm, Animal, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Carnivorous Plant Invertebrate, Critter, Ecoscene, Environment, Feeding, Insect, Jointed Leg, Minibeast

Southern Festoon, Zerynthia polyxena

Southern Festoon (Zerynthia polyxena) - in flight, high speed photographic technique, Europe wing Order Lepidoptera, Family Papilionidae, european, found in hot dry grassy places, Mediterranean species that can be found in small pockets as far north as Slovakia, colourful pattern

Animal, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Critter, Ecoscene, Environment Flight, Flight, Fly Insect, Flying, Flying Insect, Invertebrate, Jointed Leg, Minibeast, Motion, Movement, Open, Wing, Wings