Title

Gossamer winged butterflies

Caption

Gossamer winged butterflies (Lycaenidae) suck nectar on silver thistle (Carlina acaulis), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

Aug 03, 2005

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Dieter Mahlke

Reference

BRK21B67_388

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,9Mb) / 11,4in x 17,1in / 3409 x 5128 (300dpi)

Keywords

Asteraceae Butterflies Butterfly Carlina acaulis Central Europe Compositae Dwarf carline thistle Europe German Federal Republic Germany Gossamer winged butterflies Gossamer winged butterfly Gossamer-winged butterfly Insect Insecta Insects Lepidoptera Lepidopteran Lycaenidae Middle Europe NRW No People Nordrhein-Westfalen North Rhine-Westphalia Silver thistle Silver thistles Stemless carline thistle animal animals bloom blossom blossoming blossoms collect collecting deserted diurnal butterflies diurnal butterfly empty flower habitat in flower inflorescence inflorescences natural environment natural environments natural habitat nature nectar nectars no one nobody plant plants suck sucking thistle thistles uninhabited wildlife photography fauna wildlife