Advection Frost

Dipladenia flower about to unfurl

Spotted on my weekly transect walk at King's Meadow Reserve in Nottingham (UK) - the only sighting on an uninspiring cool, breezy day (0203).

From a palm tree that produces small coconut like fruit. The trunk and fronds are covered with these thorns. They are up to six inches long and extremely sharp. The theme "tip" for today's Looking Close on Friday group inspired this photo.

Male Orange Tip butterfly in my garden

Disgusting !!!!! - Fly tipping in Red Beck Valley

A lovely little valley and then some ********* come and dump this over a wall ......

Reported to our Local Council

In Rathdrum 19 Apr 2021

Another slide restoration from the 1990s, this one showing the waste from slate mining in Wales.

Today of course, such waste is a valuable asset with many uses.

Orange tip Butterfly seen at RSPB Leighton Moss. (2123)

weiblicher Aurorafalter

Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile ~ Gold Coast ~ Chicago, Illinois

Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 125, f/11.0, 24mm, 1/500s

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

Loch Spelve, Isle of Mull

did try to put the Tears for Fears track here (tipping point) but for some reason I keep on getting a bad link - so I shall hum instead -----^^

Orange tip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly on Lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis).

RSPB Baron's Haugh, Motherwell...have learned its best not to photograph these in bright sunshine!

Aurorafalter / Orange tip / mariposa aurora / L’Aurore

Anthocharis cardamines

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The subject is tip . . .

SUMMER VISITOR, to the region, observation tips, visit almost any large reedbed in southern England, and you should hear a sharp tche call, and if your very lucky they occasionally clamber up the reed stems to sing. .............

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Captured for Looking close on Friday: Tip. HLCoF everyone!

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Anthocharis cardamines

Mechanical pencil tip. A familiar item to me and used everyday.

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Macro Mondays: Familiar

This male Orange Tip was taking a few minutes rest on his favourite sprig of Hawthorn, from defending his patch. Orange Tip season seems to be almost over. A shame as I love to see them in spring, and this was a bumper year for them.

A photograph of a golden tipped fence surrounding a portion of the Windsor Castle.

Kortrijk 15-06-2019

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Anthocharis cardamines (OrangeTip) is a small butterfly belonging to the Pieridae family. They emerge in early April. The males can be easily recognized by the orange tips of their wings which the females don't possess. They can be found throughout Europe and temperate Asia as far as China.

A Female Orange Tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) on the bright pink spring flowers

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Green Bees don't care about the petal tips, they don't have pollen or nectar on offer

bushveld purple tip/colotis ion

Sorry, can't show the purple tip, its on the inside, although with butterflies its called the upper side.

Update: iNaturalist's ID seems to be: diverse white/appias epaphia contracta www.inaturalist.org/observations/10243925

Eastern-tailed Blue butterfly taking nectar from a White Clover floret in deep grass.

As I understand things, the eye-spots and tail-like appendages are designed to mimic the insect's head. All in the hope that a predator attack there and saving the life of the butterfly. Seems to work. I've encountered specimens with that part of their wing clipped by what appears to be a bird's beak.

Common though not abundant, this year.

Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis

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France; Brenne, Lignac 5/4/20

Captured for Macro Mondays theme: tea.

On an errand today I had the feeling it might be worth taking the camera. Just as I was about to head back I saw this little beauty resting up on some brambles.

Despite the blown out areas I do like taking shots of these backlit as the orange just glows.

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