Butterflies of Europe

carlogalliani

Hello everyone
I have too many shots of Butterflies and Dragonflies of Europe and two systematic galleries devoted to their.
I decided to assemble in a single gallery the best shots or my favorite shots of these beautiful insects
http://www.pbase.com/carlogalliani/the_best_of_dragonflies_and_butterflies
these are some shots of Butterflies of the last two weeks
thanks for looking

Melitaea didyma - Spotted Fritillary



Issoria lathonia - Queen of Spain Fritillary



Iphiclides podalirius - Scarce Swallowtail



Macroglossum stellatarum -Hummingbird Hawk-moth

GSPeP

Great pictures I like them a lot.

Dick on Aruba

Awesome captures Carlo, I like them very much

carlogalliani

thank you very much

denisegoldberg

these are wonderful Carlo.

--- Denise

JC

Very nicely done. excellent images.

The swallowtail looks like one we have here in California.

I was in Germany one summer, and apparently people were calling into the local university to report that hummingbirds had been seen in Germany again (there are fossilized proto-hummingbirds at the Messel pit). What I gathered was happening, is that these moths are migrating north, and people who hadn't seen them before mistook them for true hummingbirds.

carlogalliani

thanks everyone for comments

Milan

Lovely images Carlo!