A Peacock Butterfly caterpillar ready to pupate.

Butterflies

A Peacock Butterfly caterpillar ready to pupate.

A Peacock Butterfly caterpillar ready to pupate.

01 Aug 2010 456
A Peacock Butterfly caterpillar hangs from a silken pad underneath a Nettle leaf, ready to change into a chrysalis. Natural light. Full frame uncropped image.
Anthocharis cardamines (Female)

Anthocharis cardamines (Female)

01 Jun 2013 10 2 1067
A female Orange Tip Butterfly, (Anthocharis cardamines ), resting on an Aquilegia flower bud. Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Anthocharis cardamines (Female)

Anthocharis cardamines (Female)

29 Apr 2014 17 4 1019
A beautiful female Orange Tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) at rest on Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard), one of its larval food plants
blue_001

blue_001

15 Sep 2009 368
Full frame uncropped image.
blue_002

blue_002

15 Sep 2009 344
Full frame uncropped image.
Brown Argus

Brown Argus

24 Jul 2011 301
Natural light, uncropped.
Brown Argus

Brown Argus

24 Jul 2011 394
Natural light, uncropped.
Brown Argus

Brown Argus

24 Jul 2011 292
Natural light, uncropped.
Brown Argus Butterfly.

Brown Argus Butterfly.

20 Jul 2011 366
Found in Shropshire. Natural light, uncropped.
Brown Argus Butterfly.

Brown Argus Butterfly.

20 Jul 2011 394
Seen in Shropshire. Natural l;ight, uncropped.
Brown Argus Butterfly.

Brown Argus Butterfly.

20 Jul 2011 355
Seen in Shropshire. Natural light, uncropped.
Brown Argus Butterfly.

Brown Argus Butterfly.

20 Jul 2011 317
Found in Shropshire. Natural light, uncropped.
Buff-tip Moth Larva (Phalera bucephala)

Buff-tip Moth Larva (Phalera bucephala)

08 Aug 2013 8 3 1363
A newly hatched caterpillar of the Buff Tip Moth (Phalera bucephala), Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Butterfly Eye

Butterfly Eye

23 Apr 2011 2 2 454
Close up of a Green Veined White Butterfly eye. Full frame uncropped image.
Butterfly Wing

Butterfly Wing

04 Aug 2009 353
Wing scales on the wing of a Peacock Butterfly. Full frame uncropped image.
Butterfly Wing

Butterfly Wing

04 Aug 2009 1 391
Wing scales on the wing of a Peacock Butterfly. Full frame uncropped image.
butterfly_001

butterfly_001

13 Aug 2009 357
Full frame uncropped image.
caterpillar

caterpillar

06 May 2009 473
Tiny caterpillar taken at 5X magnification. Full frame uncropped image.
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