Pictures of Butterflies and Flying Insects

Bees & butterflies.
Green-banded swallowtail butterfly (Papilio palinurus) with its beautiful metallic green markings contracting against the white flora.

Emerald Peacock Swallowtail

Bees & butterflies.
Softly hued pink flora reflected in the subtle colours of a Postman butterfly, named after its habit of flying a route around all the nectar plants in a local area.

Postman

Flying insects - butterflies.
Plain Tiger Butterfly extracting nectar from an Ixora flower. Tthe Plain Tiger Butterfly was featured in a 3500 year old Egyptian fresco in Luxor.

Plain Tiger Butterfly

Bees & butterflies.
A Scarlet swallowtail (Papilio rumanzovia) reaches across to extract nectar from racemes of tropical orange flora.

Scarlet Swallowtail

Rainforest butterflies.
A Tree Nymph butterfly spends hours gliding in gentle circles high up in the canopy before settling upon a flower from which to extract nectar.

Tree Nymph

Rainforest butterflies.
A Tiger Longwing butterfly perches on the edge of a russet toned rainforest leaf, forming a perfectly shaped pose.

Tiger Longwing

Nature pictures - damselflies.
Large Red Damselfly perched upon a brightly coloured Geum. They are one of the first damselflies to make an appearance each spring.

Large Red Damselfly

Nature pictures - dragonflies.
Southern Hawker Dragonfly resting on the branches of a Fuchsia by the edge of a river, they are often found by still or slow-flowing water.

Southern Hawker Dragonfly

Flying insects - butterflies.
A Clipper butterfly whose shades of tiger like markings blend perfectly with the dry gasses.

Tiger in the Grass

British butterflies.
Gateway butterfly extracting nectar from softly coloured wild marjoram.

Gatekeeper

Flying insects - damselflies.
Emerald Damselfly perched amongst the reeds. Emerald Damselflies have iridescent green colours and normally perch with their wings half open.

Emerald Damselfly

Flying insects - butterflies.
Zebra butterfly (Heliconius charithonia) perched atop a tropical Ixora flower displaying the red dashes of colour on the underside of its wings.

Zebra

Nature pictures - bees & flowers
Nature pictures featuring a bee hovering milimetres away from a bright yellow sunflower as it selects where to alight for tasty nectar.

Bee by Sunflower

Nature pictures - bees & flowers
Bee landing on a beautiful wild marsh orchid in full bloom. For just a short span of time the bees of the countryside can find tasty orchid nectar.

Bee by Wild Orchid