Lepidoptera Magnets

Lepidoptera

The silent traveller of the night who, like Icarus, flew too close the sun and fell to his death.

Aporia Crataegi butterflies from the Pieridae family, also known as Black-Veined White. Common in most of Europe, these were photographed in north east Italy

Lepidoptera

these are all common Butterflies found in New England! This includes: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail, Pipevine Swallowtail, Pearl Crescent, Common Buckeye, Question Mark, Eastern Comma, Mourning Cloak, Cabbage White, Orange Sulphur, Clouded Sulphur, Gray Hairstreak, Red Admiral, American Lady, Painted Lady, Common Checkered-Skipper, Silver-Spotted Skipper, and Monarch!

This madagascan sunset moth (latin name: Chrysiridia rhipheus) is hand drawn and painted by me with watercolor!

Trivia: The black and orange colors of a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) warn predators that they are toxic.

Inspired by a woodblock print in Kubo Shunman's "An Illustrated Collection of Butterflies," Japan, circa 1804-1818

A realistic digital painting of beautiful scarlet and milky garden tiger moths with retro fifties-inspired retro daisies.

Monarch butterfly illustration, hand-drawn with watercolor and ink

Embrace futuristic elegance with our 'Cybernetic Lepidoptera' tee, featuring a stunning robot butterfly design. This shirt seamlessly blends nature and technology in a unique fashion statement.

Watercolor pattern with hand painted Peacock pansy butterfly

Monarch Butterfly

Deaths head hawk moth, digital drawing, by Jessica Jacobs, 2020

Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies.

"Ah, there he is! The man who floats like a lepidoptera and stings like a hymenoptera!" -Niles Crane

Floral butterfly insect design for decoration, beautiful illustration and drawing of Lepidoptera butterfly with flowers.

Floral butterfly insect design for decoration, beautiful illustration and drawing of Lepidoptera butterfly with flowers.

Floral butterfly insect design for decoration, beautiful illustration and drawing of Lepidoptera butterfly with flowers.

distressed botanical butterflies design!

Floral butterfly insect design for decoration, beautiful illustration and drawing of Lepidoptera butterfly with flowers.

some magic wild life <3

Lepidoptera (Transparent)

Butterfly resting on a flower

Support your local pollinators: moths! Check out the rest of my Native Biodiversity album for more.

Seamless pattern design made of blue pansy butterflies

Seamless pattern design made of blue pansy butterflies

Watercolor pattern with hand painted Peacock pansy butterfly

The bodily fluids of this moth contain neurotoxin that may afflict potential predators that eat them.

Lepidoptera and Beyond

Red and Black Butterfly. A beautiful butterfly I photographed at the butterfly garden at the Boston Museum of Science. <3

*Click upper image to enlarge 1003 Views Many thanks to Celeste & Colin for their assistance in helping to identify this insect! Related info re this insect: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemaris_diffinis !http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.25445821.5892/papergc,441x415,w,ffffff.2u1.jpg! Featured in: - Individual Talent On Display - If It Moves, Shoot it! - Winged Insects - Bees, Butterflies, etc - Insects, Bugs & Creepy Crawlies - Tiny Creatures In Macro - Just Butterflies - _2nd Place, Made By Nature challenge (40 entries) - _Top Ten_, Winged Insects challenge (35 entries) - _Top Ten_, 3rd Place, Closeups In Nature challenge (39 entries) - _Top Ten_, Amazing Challenge Entertainment - _Top Ten_’, Just Butterfl...

Hand- painted illustration of Junonia orithya- Blue Pansy butterfly

A kaleidoscope of Butterflies among the flowers on a perfect Spring day. Photography + Illustrator Drawing, Photoshop Painting & Digital Effects

Monarch Butterfly emerging from chrysalis. After a few hours allowing for the wings to dry, the adult butterfly will take flight. Monarch butterflies are an iconic species, easily recognized by their large and vibrant orange wings. The brilliantly-coloured Monarch is a summer breeder in many areas of southern Canada, and most Canadian-born adults head to the highlands of central Mexico to overwinter. It takes four to five generations of Monarchs to make it to Canada during the spring migration. I

Floral Butterfly