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3 Lewes wave (Scopula immorata) -
2 Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne) -
2 Egg-laying Alcon Blue (Phengaris alcon) ♀ -
3 Knapweed Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe) -
1 “Black rose chafer” (Protaetia morio) -
3 A copula of Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera) -
1 Satyrium spini -
2 Black-veined Moth (Siona lineata) -
3 Long-horned beetle (Morimus asper) -
![Pearly Heath (Coenonympha arcania) To quote Wikipedia: “[These butterflies] usually sit in sunny spots with their wings closed. To do this, they point the undersides of their wings directly to the sun and thus sit very obliquely.”
That describes the circumstances of this picture perfectly. Coenonympha arcania,Geotagged,Italy,Pearly Heath,Summer](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/8383/163471_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=zpbQ6cq1C9X8VIW639VpnLWFmvE%3D)
4 Pearly Heath (Coenonympha arcania) -
4 Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis daphne) -
2 Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) -
3 Speckled Yellow (Pseudopanthera macularia) -
1 Camouflage at its best (Where's Wally?) -
1 High Brown Fritillary (Fabriciana adippe), underside -
1 High Brown Fritillary (Fabriciana adippe) -
2 Mountain clouded yellow (Colias phicomone) sitting in silver thistle -
1 Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) -
1 Scotch argus (Erebia aethiops) -
0 Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina) with tick -
6 Owly sulphur (Libelloides coccajus) -
3 A pretty young Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) -
2 Alpine Marmot (Marmota marmota) posing for a picture -
1 Chamois with missing horn (Rupicapra rupicapra) + video
pysailor
I’m a hobby nature enthusiast from Munich. Married to a biologist specialised in European butterflies, so I'm a bit biased in that direction :-) Absolutely fascinated by tropical habitats (Costa Rica & Ecuador so far).
Real name is Wolfgang Thomas.
48 y/o MaleJoined 1-26-23
