Butterflies & Moths Gallery

Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus) female, nectaring on Purple Loosestrife

Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus) female, nectaring on Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) in wet meadow, East Haddam, Connecticut, USA

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American, Animal, Animalia, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Butterfly, Connecticut, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Eastern Usa, Feeding, Flower, Hexapod, Hexapoda, Insect, Insecta, Invertebrate, Lepidoptera, Lepidopterans, New England, North America, Papilio, Papilio Alcidamas, Papilio Alexiares, Papilio Antilochus, Papilio Glaucus, Papilionid, Papilionidae, Plant, Swallowtail Butterfly, Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly, United States Of America, Usa, Wildlife

Titanias fritillary (Boloria titania) basking on rock with Lichens (Rhizocarpon geographicum)

Titania's fritillary (Boloria titania) basking on rock with Lichens (Rhizocarpon geographicum) and houseleek plant (Sempervivum arachnoideum) Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy

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Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Animal, Animalia, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Ascomycetes, Ascomycota, Boloria, Boloria Titania, Brushfooted Butterfly, Butterfly, Clossiana Titania, Cobweb Houseleek, Crassulaceae, Dicot, Dicotyledon, Europe, Flowering Plant, Fourfooted Butterfly, Fungi, Fungus, Gran Paradiso National Park, Heliconian, Heliconiini, Heliconninae, Hexapod, Hexapoda, Houseleek, Insect, Insecta, Invertebrate, Italy, Lecanorales, Lecanoromycetes, Lepidoptera, Lepidopterans, Lichen, Longwing, Magnoliopsida, Map Lichen, Nymphalid, Nymphalidae, Orpin, Papilionoidea, Passion Vine Butterfly, Patellaria Geographica, Plant, Plantae, Rhizocarpon, Rhizocarpon Geographicum, Rhizocarponaceae, Saxifragales, Saxifraganae, Seed Plant, Sempervivum, Sempervivum Arachnoideum, Southern Europe, Spermatophyte, Spermatophytina, Stonecrop, Succulent, Succulents, Titanias Fritillary, Tracheophyta, Urceolaria Geographica, Vascular Plant, Verrucaria Geographica, Wildlife

Bullseye / Io moth (Automeris io) showing eye spot markings on wings during deimatic

Bullseye / Io moth (Automeris io) showing eye spot markings on wings during deimatic display to deter predators, photographed on a white background, originating from North and Central America, sequence 2 of 2. Captive

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Animal Marking, Automeris Io, Catalogue4, Close Up, Colourful, Cutout, Defensive, Display, Emperor Moths, Eye Spot, Eyes, Fluffy, Horizontal, Insects, Invertebrates, Lepidoptera, Macro, Moths, Nobody, One Animal, Preotection, Sequence, Spots, Studio, Studio Shot, White, White Background, Wildlife, Wings, Yellow