Invertebrate / Lepidoptera / Butterflies and moths

Painted lady Vanessa cardui butterfly cut to white

Peacock butterfly Aglais io lifecycle with host plant nettle Urtica dioica

Pearl Bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne cut to white

Prominent moth with brown lower wings outstretched

American cabbage looper Trichoplusia ni caterpillar showing pale green colour, cut to white and busy looping along

Common blue Polymmatus icarus male in field, with background landscape and ladies smock, knapweed, scabious, and buttercups in meadowland

Common blue Polymmatus icarus male cut to whtie

Common blue Polymmatus icarus male with wings outstretched and view with wings folded showing white and black spots and orange spots

Dark Green Fritillary butterfly Argynnis aglaja with wings folded so you can see the green and species specific dark green colours on the underside, cut to white

Elephant Hawk moth Deilephila elpenor with honeysuckle behind, feeding from the flowers in the evening