Butterflies, Moths and Assorted Insects...

[Maximilian]

A holly blue

 

[OskarB]

A butterfly from the same beach in Tuscany as the dragonfly in the other thread.
I'm not sure if I ever saw this one on my area?

R5 + RF 100 - 400

 

[ISv]

Nice photo of Papilio machaon but how I can say you can/can't see it in your area if I don't know your area

 

[ISv]

The only butterfly from today... Not even good photo but it is as it is

 

[OskarB]

Nice photo of Papilio machaon but how I can say you can/can't see it in your area if I don't know your area

Thanks for the ID.
I live in Austria. I looked it up and it is endangered here.

 

[Maximilian]

The only butterfly from today... Not even good photo but it is as it is

Even though it might be a "not even good photo" the species looks very interesting

 

[ISv]

Even though it might be a "not even good photo" the species looks very interesting

It's Lampides boeticus - one of the most common Lycaenidae here. It's usually just a migrant to Europe but I'm pretty sure it will survive some winters in Southern Europe. Any way - in Bulgaria I wasn't able to see even one (and as you already know I'm from Bulgaria and many Years collected butterflies)! My first photos of the species are from Hawaii and I already posted back in the time better images.
And yes - for you in Germany it should be an exotic.

 

[Maximilian]

... And yes - for you in Germany it should be an exotic.

There are some with tails on the wings, but not so long and prominent, as its name tells as well: long-tailed blue.
German Wikipedia says:
"As a migratory butterfly it sometimes flies into Germany and can even reach the British Isles."

 

[Maximilian]

This seems to be a meadow brown (maniola jurtina)

 

[Click]

Nice picture, Maximilian. I like the dewdrops on the leaves.

 

[Maximilian]

Nice picture, Maximilian. I like the dewdrops on the leaves.

Thanks, Click! Me, too.

 

[cooldood]

Wooly bugger

 

[ISv]

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It took me several seconds to figure out what I'm looking at

 

[EricN]

It took me several seconds to figure out what I'm looking at

me too! and i got a good sense of closeness with the bit of the plant coming so close to the lens.

 

[cooldood]

me too! and i got a good sense of closeness with the bit of the plant coming so close to the lens.

I took the pic. and looked at the back of camera and thought that's kind of interesting!!!

 

[Maximilian]

Yet another one of the pieridae. Could this be a female large white (pieris brassicae) ?

 

[ISv]

Yet another one of the pieridae. Could this be a female large white (pieris brassicae) ?

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I like the photo but I wouldn't say it is P. brassicae

 

[Maximilian]

I like the photo but I wouldn't say it is P. brassicae

If you had any idea... I haven't any better.
Those two big spots on the forewing get me puzzled - though one is washed out.

 

[ISv]

If you had any idea... I haven't any better.
Those two big spots on the forewing get me puzzled - though one is washed out.

Try Pieris mannii. I don't know in which part of Germany u are but it seems to be widening it's range

 

[Maximilian]

Try Pieris mannii. I don't know in which part of Germany u are but it seems to be widening it's range

Thanks. I live near Nürnberg (Nuremberg) in Franconia. Don't call it "Bavaria". The locals will get upset But that's another story