Join Butterfly Conservation 🦋 and North Northamptonshire Council for work parties at Fermyn Woods Country Park this winter to improve habitat for threatened butterflies! 🥳 3rd Sunday of the month, Oct/Nov/Jan/Feb, 10am-2pm. More info here: tinyurl.com/bedsnorthantsw… Beds and Northants BC #SpeciesRecoveryProgramme

Lovely prostrate #Skullcap Scutellaria prostrata #Lamiaceae From Trans #Himalayas around 3200 metres elevation #Scutellaria #flora #Iambotanist #plants #Botany2024 #eFlora #Himalayanplants #biodiversity #Taxonomy #

Keep your friends close….and your enemies closer…. Probably not the best advice in the macro world 😂

Swallowtail & Sea Squill (Drimia aphylla) in Greece... #Leptember

#leptember Dark Green fritillary and Marbled White . Dorset

Adult butterflies (the imago stage) are beautiful & we all love them, but just as important (and often beautiful too!) are the other 3 life stages. Here's a Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) from egg to adult. #Leptember

A #Leptember looker! The caterpillar of the spectacular Oleander Hawk-moth (Daphnis nerii) has a beautiful pair of false blue eyes 👀 We'd love to see some of your caterpillar captures too! 📸 🐛

A few picture postcards sent to us 'live from the flowery field' of South Africa. Our group is currently enjoying themselves in the botanical paradise of the Cape Floral Kingdom! Proceeds from this tour & all our botanical trips are donated to our friends back home BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

The Apollo Metalmark (Lyropteryx apollonia). A butterfly so amazing even AI probably couldn't make it up! This one was photographed by a member of our team in Peru, a mecca for butterfly lovers, with 4000+ species. #Leptember

Good morning! Here's another offering for #Leptember Plain Tiger / African Monarch (Danaus Chrysippus) seen & snapped close to home in Greece.

Larvae love time today for #Leptember! Here's a selection of (what we think anyway) cool caterpillars. They were all seen on our tours, on which we always like to focus on *all* life stages and the ecology of the butterflies & moths we show our guests. Can you name any!? 🐛

Come to Goa 'Wildlife Wonder of The Western Ghats' in India for a relaxing butterfly break this November! Lots of butterflies, birds & other wildlife ✅ Led by expert Lepidopterists ✅ Comfortable private villa with pool ✅ Value for money ✅ Great weather ✅ Special offer? ✅

5 Purple Hairsteak butterfly eggs for 5th September looking for them on Oak trees is a fun activity to keep you Lepidoptera intake levels up during the long cold winters in northern Europe! You might call it 'streaking', but be careful not to be misunderstood! 🙃 #Leptember

Yay! Up to 100 followers on my new account. Only another 6000ish to go & I'll be back where I was! 🙃 Anyway, thanks to anyone who thinks I am worth cluttering their timelines with. Have a goat face on me! 🐐 It's from an Oleander Hawk-moth btw.

#leptember Green -striped White . Portugal

Womble Orchid - aka Ophrys lucis I kind of wish it was from Bulgaria so I could further the womble reference (yes Uncle Bulgaria!) but it's a local one close to home here in Rhodes, Greece. #OrchidsOfRhodes

Good morning! Another day & another chance to share Lepidoptera love during #Leptember Here is Danaus Chrysippus - Plain Tiger or African Monarch or even The Sultan if you prefer! Image here to show male/female difference - it's all in the hindwing spot basically!

A day of sadness & laughter. Britains naturalists gather to celebrate the life of Bob Gibbons 1949-2024. A packed hall at Kingcombe on Sunday. Tearful speeches by Richard Mabey, Peter Marren, Bob’s sons Kit & Robin, Bob’s partner Libby. We miss him…

The inspiration for our Greenwings name & logo came from the Green Hairstreak. It's a stunning little jewel & will always be special. But how about these 2 greenwings? Kaiser-I-Hind & Paris Peacock. Taken on our Thailand tour this year by our friend & client John K. #Leptember

Is there a more beautiful butterfly in the world than the Peacock? I don't think so. #Leptember