#speckled wood

[onenicebugperday]

A continuation of submissions by @rose-grimm-spirit-does-dumb-shit!

In order: a giant house spider, a Jersey tiger moth, a dusky thorn, and I assume the 4th and 5th photos are the same butterfly? Looks like a speckled wood but maybe one of the subspecies :)

#insects #bugs #arachnids #submission #giant house spider #moth #tiger moth #jersey tiger #dusky thorn #butterfly #speckled wood

[michaelnordeman]

Speckled wood/kvickgräsfjäril. Rännberg nature reserve in Värmland, Sweden (June 2, 2022).

#speckled wood #kvickgräsfjäril #butterfly #insects #rännberg #nature reserve

[dansnaturepictures]

30/03/2024-Views, Buzzard, Skylark, Fox and daffodil on a brilliant walk at Hook-with-Warsash on this fine and sunny day. My first Small Tortoiseshell butterfly of the year, Speckled Wood, ladybirds, my first greater stitchwort and garlic mustard of the year, lesser celandine, gorse, Mediterranean Gull, Shelduck, Little Egret, Wigeon, Ringed Plover, Curlews, Oystercatcher, Sparrowhawk, lovely Linnets and Roe Deers were other highlights with Cetti's Warbler and Chiffchaffs head, Starlings and Goldfinches enjoyed at home and my first marsh marigold of the year on the way to Hook-with-Warsash. A sensational spring day with Skylarks singing, butterflies flitting by and a host of colourful wildflowers among many uplifting sights.

#spring #speckled wood #buzzard #fox #skylark #outdoors #walking #birdwatching #photography #mediterranean gull #curlews #cetti's warbler #2024 #outside #home #hampshire #hook-with-warsash #march #easter saturday #europe #england #uk #sunny #butterflies #photos #happy #uplifting

[blogbirdfeather]

Speckled Wood - Malhadinha (Pararge aegeria)

Cruz Quebrada/Portugal (31/03/2023)

[Nikon D7100; ∑ 18/300mm DC Macro OS HSM with Circular Flash Nissin MF 18; 1/250s; F22; 400 ISO]

#animals #insects #butterflies #insect photography #speckled wood

[dougdimmadodo]

Speckled Wood Butterfly (Pararge aegeria)

Family: Brush-Footed Butterfly Family (Nymphalidae)

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

A small species of butterfly found commonly across much of temperate Asia, Europe and northern Africa, the Speckled Wood Butterfly inhabits forests and other wooded areas, where winged adults of this species are commonly seen patrolling their territories or searching for mates between March and October. As with most butterflies adult Speckled Wood Butterflies are short-lived and feed entirely on sugary liquids such as nectar and honeydew, while the larvae (caterpillars) are purely herbivorous, feeding on various species of grasses. While fairly typical in their life-cycles, Speckled Wood Butterflies differ from many other species in their unusual method of courting mates; depending on their size and health, males of this species (which are typically slightly smaller than females) will utilize one of two different mating strategies - larger, stronger males will claim a small territory (typically in a forest clearing with access to direct sunlight and abundant nectar-bearing plants) and will fiercely chase off rival males that come near while awaiting the arrival of females, while smaller or weaker males will instead fly around in search of travelling females. While male Speckled Wood Butterflies will often mate several times throughout their short lives females are able to produce all of the eggs they will ever lay after mating just once, (typically laying 2-3 separate generations of eggs throughout the spring, summer and autumn/fall) and as this method of reproduction means that some young individuals will hatch towards the beginning of winter caterpillars of this species are able to enter hibernation not only as a pupa (the method by which most butterfly larvae survive periods of colder weather) but also as a caterpillar, temporarily halting their development and becoming dormant until temperatures increase in the following spring. Throughout this species’ large range several subspecies and variants are known to exist, with individuals found in colder northern regions typically possessing larger, darker wings than those living in warmer regions to aid them in more efficiently absorbing heat when basking in sunlight.

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Image Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52592-Pararge-aegeria

#speckled wood butterfly #speckled wood #butterfly #butterflies #insect #insects #animal #animals #wildlife #african wildlife #asian wildlife #european wildlife #lepidoptera #lepidopterans #zoology #biology #entomology #lepidopterology

[unkn0wnvariable]

Basking Butterfly

A speckled wood butterfly basking in the sun on the end of a bramble stem, in Glapthorn Cow Pastures.

#butterflies #butterfly #canon #canonuk #fauna #glapthorn cow pastures #insect #insects #invertebrate #invertebrates #minibeast #minibeasts #nature #nature reserve #northamptonshire #northants #outdoors #pararge aegeria #speckled wood #summer #wildlife #wildlife trust #wildlife trusts #woodland #woods

[plumes-merry-critters]

"Sunbathing speckled wood on a street lamp" - Oct. 2021

#insect #butterfly #speckled wood #insect photography #nature photography #from twitter to tumblr

[heather-rajendran]

Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) photo I took on Sunday, Huddersfield, UK

#nature #nature photography #animal #animals #wildlife #animal photography #wildlife photography #speckled wood #speckled #brown #butterflies #butterfly #butterfly photography #insect photography #insect #insects #invertebrate #invertebrates #bugblr #bug photography #bugs #bug #british wildlife #wild animal #wild animals #wild #british nature #pretty #beautiful #beauty

[wildonlineblog]

SPECKLED WOOD

The Speckled Wood butterfly , Pararge Aegeria These butterflies are common and widespread across the UK, though less common in Scotland. You can spot them in woodland glades and rides, parks, hedgerows, and gardens between April and September. It’s a regular visitor to the Wildflower Meadow Hide and one of the most recognisable butterfly species at the meadow. The speckled wood has…

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#wildlife #british wildlife #MEET THE MODEL #photography #Speckled wood #wild britain #wildonline #wildonline.blog

[mrburnsnuclearpussy]

#speckled wood pair #speckled wood #butterflies #insects #my pics

[oneeighth]

#butterfly #speckled wood #in the garden

[aningefulloffeels]

#bugs #bug #insect #insects #dragonfly #housefly #toothed weaver #toothed weaver spider #funnel web spider #nigma walckenaeri #green cribellate spider #speckled wood #speckled wood butterfly #butterflies #ladybug #ladybugs #hoverfly #hoverflies #larva #larvae #ladybug larva #macro photography #black darter #black darter dragonfly #black meadowhawk #spiders #spiders tw #arachnid #arachnids #arachnids tw

[sockmug]

heehee

I went on a walk a few hours ago and I saw my first butterfly of the year :D

little red admiral :D :D

we saw a speckled wood too but I didn't get any pictures

#butterflies #buterfly #red admiral #speckled wood

[dansnaturepictures]

02/04/2024-Canada Goose and horse tail on my lunch time walk at Lakeside, views on the walk with seas of dandelions and daffodils out the front a flamboyant carpet of early spring delight and a vibrant Robin at Lakeside.

Wren, Dunnock, the Great Crested Grebes and chicks, Peacock butterfly, Speckled Wood both butterflies a joy to see, cowslips and Green Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Chaffinch and Chiffchaff heard were other highlights at Lakeside with Jackdaw, House Sparrow, Starlings and camellia just coming into flower in the front garden enjoyed at home and speedwell on the way to Lakeside.

#speedwell #robin #photography #outdoors #2024 #birdwatching #jackdaw #canada goose #great crested grebe #horsetail #speckled wood #peacock #butterflies #walking #lakeside country park #hampshire #eastleigh #england #uk #home #spring #april #nature #europe #outside

[anenglishwoodcomstuff]

Speckled Wood #butterflies

Pararge aegeria. Picture taken April 18. #butterfly #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect #insectphotography

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#2022 #Butterflies #Insects #March #Nature #Speckled Wood #Spring #wildlife

[sharry-arry-odd]

The thing about fucking off to the woods is that unless you are a very particular, very rare sort of person, it does not take long to understand why people left said woods in the first place.

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, by Becky Chambers

#page 3 #a prayer for the crown-shy #a prayer for the crown shy #monk and robot #becky chambers #scifi #sibling dex #dex #splendid speckled mosscap #mosscap #rural #rural living #fucking off to the woods #quote #quotes #literature #book #booklr #reading #cozy #cozy scifi