Natural History Photographs


Drenthe, the Netherlands

31 July & 1 August 2009


Calamia tridens
Aekingerzand; 31 July 2009.


Hesperia comma
Aekingerzand; 1 August 2009.


Gonepteryx rhamni
male

female

male
Aekingerzand; 1 August 2009.
Left, female; top & right, male. Border between heathland and woodland.


Favonius quercus
Drents-Friese Woud; 1 August 2009.


Araschnia levana
Drents-Friese Woud; 31 July 2009.
Intermediate form between f. levana and f. prorsa.


Vanessa cardui
Drents-Friese Woud; 31 July & 1 August 2009.


Aglais io Hipparchia semele
Aekingerzand; 1 August 2009.


Maniola jurtina
Drents-Friese Woud; 1 August 2009.

I observed the same copula the day before I took this photo.
They thus had been in copulo for 24 hours or longer!