A metà maggio, appena il nostro melo ha fatto sbocciare i suoi bei fiori bianchi, la splendida farfalla Vanessa Antiopa (Nymphalis Antiopa), in Finnico: Suruvaippa, si è precipitata a suggerne il nettare; così facendo li ha impollinati, per farci poi godere dei frutti in autunno. Servizievole!
Questa farfalla in particolare ha ben 55-75 mm di apertura alare.
Per chi di voi non lo sapesse, la giornata delle farfalle segue ritmi precisi: si attivano al mattino appena la temperatura raggiunge almeno i 15 gradi C e svolazzano per procurarsi il cibo fin verso il tardo pomeriggio, solitamente rimanendo all’interno del proprio territorio. Dopodichè si scelgono un posto dove passare la notte: spesso negli anfratti della corteccia degli alberi o al punto di congiunzione fra tronco e rami, come potete vedere nelle foto seguenti. In serata o di notte volano solo le falene.
Helpful.
As soon as our apple tree bloomed in mid-May, the fascinating Nymphalis Antiopa, known as Mourning cloak or Camberwell Beauty, in Finnish: Suruvaippa, immediately took advantage of its white flowers. By savouring the nectar of course the butterfly pollinated the flowers, giving us the possibility to enjoy with fruits next Autumn. How helpful!
For those of you who do not know: butterflies follow strict rules and routine in their daytime life. They awake in the morning not before temperatures are at least 15 degrees C; they fly all day long in search for food, usually within their own territory, until late afternoon. After that, they choose a place where to spend the night: it can easily be a slot in a tree bark or at the junction between trunk and branches, as you can see in my last shots. During the night only moths are active.
This butterfly in particular has a 55-75 mm wingspan.
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Che magnifici colori che ha questa farfalla!
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Stupenda!
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Wonderful photos ❤︎
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Foto bellissime!
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Fantástico e de uma grande beleza esta sequência de fotografias das borboletas, aproveito para desejar uma boa semana.
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Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros
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Hello, beautiful butterfly and lovely blooms. Enjoy your day and I wish you a happy new week!
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…a gorgeous bit of nature just flew in!!!
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Gorgeous indeed! Have a nice day, Tom!
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Thank you Eileen. Have a nice day you too!
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Thank you very much. Boa semana!
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Grazie mille! Buona giornata, Enzo.
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Thank you Riitta!
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Davvero. Grazie Lu!
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Grazie mia cara. Una specie amante dei boschi.
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Nice pictures and I especially enjoyed the information about butterflies!
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Beautiful blooms and butterfly ❤
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Bellissima farfalla e splendide foto!
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So pretty!
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Gorgeous and happy the butterfly stayed a while, so you could take all these shots!
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Bellissima😊
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Great shots!
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Thanks Maarit!
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Grazie miller! 🙂
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😊❤
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Thank you Jesh. The beauty was greedily exploiting the flowers… and I was shooting! 😉
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Grazie mia cara e a presto!
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Thanks. We love our apple tree! 😉
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Thank you Teresa for your kind appreciation!
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What a great looking butterfly – we are in mid-winter here, so it will be a while before butterflies start appearing again.
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Hello Luisella, such wonderful photos and video!
It’s not easy to take good photos of butterflies, they seldom stop to pose when you try to capture them. 😀
Baci!
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Thank you Stewart for your kind visit and comment. Hope you are having a peaceful winter!
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You are right! This was greedily enjoying our flowers. All the best, dear Sara!
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E soprattutto non è vero che vivono tutte poche ore o giorni, ce ne sono alcune che fanno addirittura delle migrazioni! Per fortuna tanta bellezza può anche essere durevole.
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Proprio vero, Anna. Grazie del tuo contributo! Farò ancora molti post sulle farfalle, che sono la mia passione… Buona giornata!
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Nine years out of ten Mourning Cloak is the first butterfly we see in the spring.
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Wonderful captures of these butterflies!
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Thank you very much.
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Fantastic! I still wonder, though, that awful name for this beauty…
Thanks for your visit!
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Beautiful captures – lovely!
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it is a beautiful butterfly and your images are really stunning!!!
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Thank you Carol!
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Thank you Debbie. Your opinion counts! 😉
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Wow, that is a stunning butterfly! I’ve never seen it before and it looks so amazing on the tree!
It’s great to see you at ‘My Corner of the World’ this week!
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Thank you Betty. Thanks for hosting.
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Such lovely blooms and beautiful butterfly.
All the best Jan
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Thank you very much Jan. Happy weekend!
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Hello,
I love your butterfly images. Thank you for linking up your post today. Thanks also for all your visits and past comments! Happy Sunday, enjoy your day and new week ahead.
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It is butterfly season to be sure. Yesterday our yard was full of Red Admirals, but also Cabbage White, Eastern Comma, Monarch and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. It was great to be sipping wine on the patio in warm summer weather with butterflies flitting around.
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Beautiful.
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🙂 I believe it must have been a delightful moment!
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