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Another sunny, hot and humid day--perfect for insects. IDs with ALT.

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Another sunny, hot and humid day--perfect for insects. IDs with ALT.

This is a large butterfly with dark brown to black wings with some orange, yellow and blue dots on the underside of its hindwings. It is a tiger swallowtail butterfly, the so-called "black morph." All black morphs are female. It is nectaring on a group of small bright purple flowers, tall ironweed (a fall wildflower). This is also a tiger swallowtail, this one has the usual yellow wings with black edges. The edges of its wings are quite ragged, and I cannot see any colors on its hindwings, so I think it is a male. It is nectaring on a big, spiky lavender thistle flower. This is not a butterfly, but a moth. It's small to medium in size and is often mistaken for a baby hummingbird, since it often hovers like a hummingbird. In fact, it is a hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe). It has reddish brown wings with clear "windows"  in them and it has an olive colored body. To me it looks more like a flying shrimp than a hummingbird. It is hovering next to a big, spiky lavender thistle flower. This is a large Monarch butterfly. It has orange wings with black veins and edges and white dots along the edges of the wings and on its body. It just launched itself from the red clover flower below it when I took this picture.

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Here is a hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) on our meadow blazing star today!

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Here is a hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) on our meadow blazing star today!

#photography #nature #lepidoptera #wildlifephotography #pollinators #moth #wildflower #nativeplants #illinois

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The caterpillars of the Milkweed Tussock Moth have completely devoured my Orange Milkweed.
Now this one is trying their luck with the Coriander. I h

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The caterpillars of the Milkweed Tussock Moth have completely devoured my Orange Milkweed.
Now this one is trying their luck with the Coriander. I hope they abhor it as much as I do 😬.
I love the coriander seeds though to spice up my sourdough rye bread.

A very bristly looking caterpillar on the still green seedhead of a plant. 
The long bristles are black, white, and orange.
The background shows the plant with some white flowers, very blurry.

#nature #gardening #macro #moth

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Guten Morgen und einen relaxten Samstag! 😀 👋

Zum heute ein Hochalpen-Widderchen (Zygaena exulans). Der tagaktive Nachtfalter kommt

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Guten Morgen und einen relaxten Samstag! 😀 👋

Zum heute ein Hochalpen-Widderchen (Zygaena exulans). Der tagaktive Nachtfalter kommt in alpinen Regionen oberhalb der Baumgrenze vor, hier auf ca. 3.000 Höhenmetern im schweizerischen Wallis.

Ein Hochalpen-Widderchen (Zygaena exulans). Der tagaktive Nachtfalter kommt in alpinen Regionen oberhalb der Baumgrenze vor, hier auf ca. 3.000 Höhenmetern im schweizerischen Wallis.

#foto #photography #nature #naturephotography #photographie #fotografie #animalphotography #animals #natur #insects #wildlife #butterfly #wildlifephotography #insekten #moth #insektensamstag #insectphotography #falter #tiere #biology

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Un papillon Crambus des chaumes camouflé dans l'environnement qui lui a donné son nom (Agriphila straminella) A Straw-striped Crambid moth hidden in t

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Un papillon Crambus des chaumes camouflé dans l'environnement qui lui a donné son nom (Agriphila straminella) A Straw-striped Crambid moth hidden in the environment that gave it its name.

Dans cette photo toute en dégradés beige, des brins de paille séchée dessinent des arabesques; dans les replis de cette forme se confond un papillon / In this photograph, with its various shades of beige, strands of dried straw form arabesques; a moth blends into the folds of this shape.

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