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What I liked on this shot was the bottom tip there was just a dot of light out of a ridge that caught light just above the tip.
She is still on the flower over an hour later. They sometimes use our garden as a bedroom.
27th April 2020 In my garden Stafford UK
28th April 9pm she has stayed there all day, it has not stopped raining yet.
Just stopped raining after a huge deluge 15.45 29th April and she is still there.
30th April the sun came out for 10 minutes and she flew away after a snack at 1.30pm.
Male Orange Tip on larvae food plant Lady's Smock. If you look closely you can see a freshly laid egg of an Orange Tip just below this male. Taken at Kingcombe Meadows West Dorset late evening with both butterfly and background lit by flash.
Strawflower with waterdrop
Looking Close...on Friday - Just One Drop
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A rare macro venture
Orange-tip. -
Anthocharis cardamines
Golden Acre - Breary Marsh
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A female Orange-tip found roosting during an evening walk. A bit of a breeze made photography a challenge but a few frames came out well enough. It's been a good few weeks for this species locally.
Quetzal Dorado, White-tipped Quetzal, Pharomachrus fulgidus.
Especie # 1.562
Reserva Natural El Dorado
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Departamento de Magdalena
Colombia
Burnt-tip Orchids (Neotinea ustulata) on rough south facing limestone grassland in the "White" Peak District. A diminutive orchid BTOs are rare in Derbyshire and difficult to spot amongst grasses and other wildflowers.
TIPS - LOOKING CLOSE.. ON FRIDAY! You know it is not easy taking a photo of your fingers while they are holding your phone camera.
A female orange tip resting momentarily after flitting along the cow parsley. Don't be afraid to go large.
Burnt Tip Orchid in the unimproved limestone grassland of the Derbyshire "White" Peak District. BTOs are described as "almost extinct". in Derbyshire due mainly to loss of habitat following agricultural land improvement schemes and are limited to a handful of remote sites.
The warm weather over the weekend of April 8-9 triggered a large hatch of butterflies at Burton Mere Wetlands. I noted five species - orange tip, small white, green-veined white, peacock and speckled wood with the orange tips present in very large numbers. This is one of them feeding on a green alkanet flower.
Wikipedia: Hebomoia glaucippe, the great orange-tip, is a butterfly belonging to the family Pieridae, that is the yellows and whites. It is found in the Indomalayan realm and Wallacea. This species is found in much of south and southeast Asia, as well as in southern China and southern Japan.