Title

Marbled marbled white

Caption

Marbled marbled white (Melanargia galathea), adult, resting on seed pods of yellow cockscomb (Rhinanthus minor) in late evening sun, Braunton Burrows, North Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

Jul 07, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Andrew Wheatley

Reference

BRK22G45_350

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (1,2Mb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3544 (300dpi)

Keywords

Backlit Brown Brush-footed butterflies Brush-footed butterfly Butterflies Butterfly Devon Europe Four-footed butterfly Insect Insecta Insects Lepidoptera Lepidopteran Marbled white Marbled whites Melanargia galathea Mimicry No People Nymphalidae Orobanchaceae Rattle Rattles Rhinanthus Rhinanthus minor Satyrid Satyrinae Satyrine Satyrines adult adult animal adult animals against the light animal animals atmospheric back light backlight backlight shot backlight shots backlighting backlit backlit photo cockscomb copy defence defend defending defense defenses deserted diurnal butterflies diurnal butterfly empty evening light evening sun eyespot faded fruit stand fruiting habitat hayrattle imitate imitating imitation imitations infructescence infructescences lateral lateral view little yellow rattle marbled mature matures mottled natural environment natural environments natural habitat nature no one nobody ocellus out outdoor outdoors outside protect protecting protective resting seed seed head seed heads seed stand seeds setting sun side view side views sideview sidewards sideways summer summery sun uninhabited wildlife photography yellow yellow rattle England Lamiales atmosphere break deception deceptions fauna mood pause pauses rest rests wildlife Great Britain UK United Kingdom plant plants