Animal Taxonomy - Lepidoptera
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Order : Lepidoptera
Superfamily : Papilionoidea
Family : Nynphalidae
Sub-Family : Nymphalinae
Genus : Vanessa
Species : Vanessa cardui
Hotel grounds, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Order : Lepidoptera
Family : Erebidae
Sub-Family : Erebinae
Genus : Ophiusa
Species : Ophiusa tirhaca
Maybe not as spectacular as some of the Thailand moths but still quite attractive with forewings varying in colour from green to brown.
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Lepidoptera Royalty
I have seen a few Monarchs, but they never land long enough to photograph, so I was pleased to eventually catch this one in my yard.
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„Leben allein genügt nicht, sagte der Schmetterling. Sonnenschein, Freiheit und eine kleine Blume muss man auch haben.“
(Hans Christian Andersen)
Finally got my Small Copper shot, boy did that take some chasing!! I have only seen 6 this year and only singular ones, on 6 different sites.
Hampshire Uk
There are two species that can’t be told apart from photographs, but it is a first for me either way. I have only been able to observe clearwing moths on a handful of occasions and hoping to see more this year. They are wonderful little insects. HBBBT!
Polyommatus coridon, Stroud.
All my macro images are made in one shot. There are not fake backgrounds or any image manipulations on Photoshop, apart from some normal adjustments and cropping. All the work is done in the field.
This moth/butterfly is lucky to be alive. Martin felt something crawling up his leg & thankfully he resisted the urge to swat it away. This beautiful creature had just emerged from it's chrysalis because it's wings were tiny, all shrivelled up still. I gently caught it & moved it onto a Red Valarian plant & over a period of an hour or so its wings gradually expanded.
I got distracted so don't know if it survived to fly away but I do hope so. Not sure on ID, possibly a Skipper butterfly or maybe an Orange Underwing moth? Hopefully someone with more knowledge can shed some light on this for me.
EDIT : ID provided by Bárbol as Noctua pronuba "Large Yellow Underwing" moth.
Happy Wing Wednesday & Happy Bokeh Wednesday. Photo 84/100 for the 100 Flowers 2020 group.
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Complex process underway. Early adults lay eggs which hatch into these larvae (caterpillars) which then pupate into a chrysalis where they transform into a butterfly or moth. Along the way lots of preditors are prepared to take advantage of them. It's a wonder to me that they every succeed. But happily they do!
Lepidoptera