#Butterflies

Papilio Zagreus 🧡 #taxidermy #entomology #butterflies #odditiesandcuriosities #butterflytaxidermy

If you plant it, they will come! #butterflies #butterflygarden #milkweed #pollinators #pollinatorgarden

Stop chasing, start noticing 🦋 Joy isn’t something you hunt down. It’s something that finds you when you’re present. SHARE 💌 this message with someone special 🎥 @hobopeeba #butterflies #happiness #happinessquotes #quotestoliveby #inspirationalquotes

Could someone please tell these two ladies that there is no nectar on my head? #goldenretriever #goldenretrieverpuppy #butterflies #monarch #monarchbutterflies

ESTO EXISTE 😳 Muchos creen que es edición… pero no. Es un escarabajo rinoceronte gigante 🦏 (Dynastes hercules) 🔍 Lo que estás viendo es real: • Puede medir hasta 17 cm 😳 • Habita en bosques tropicales de América Central y del Sur 🌎 • Es uno de los coleópteros más grandes del mundo • Ese “cuerno” no es decorativo: lo usan para pelear por territorio y hembras • Puede levantar hasta 100 veces su propio peso 💪 • A pesar de su aspecto… es totalmente inofensivo para humanos La naturaleza no exagera… nosotros nos quedamos cortos al imaginarla. 🔬 En el museo los ves así, de cerca 📍 Italia 650, San Miguel 🕒 Lunes a sábado de 10 a 18 hs 👇 Decinos la verdad: ¿Pensaste que era IA? 😳 ⸻ Many people think this is AI… but it’s not. This is a giant rhinoceros beetle 🦏 (Dynastes hercules) 🔬 Real facts: • Can reach up to 17 cm 😳 • Lives in tropical rainforests of Central and South America 🌎 • One of the largest beetles in the world • Uses its horn to fight rivals for territory and mates • Can lift up to 100x its own weight 💪 • Completely harmless to humans Nature doesn’t exaggerate… we just can’t imagine it. 🔬 See it this close at the museum 📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina 👇 Be honest: Did you think it was AI? 😳 #naturaleza #insectos #escarabajos #wildlife #butterflies

Spring is in bloom 🌼 #dogs #dogsofinstagram #butterflies #spring #puppies

Good morning 💖💕 #natureescape #butterflies #natureheals

Lobobunaea phaedusa female! This is a beast of a moth! This specimen I raised myself, from eggs collected from a wild female we collected ourselves last year in June in Cameroon! 🇨🇲 Peep my cute pin cushion at the end!👀 Made by @seeco.creations Pinning board from the lovely @entomoboxes✍🏻 #butterfly #entomology #moth #mariposa #butterflies

Throwback to my 2023 trip to Chiapas, Mexico. Ive always had a fascination for insects and this was one of my best memories from the trip. #yaxchilan #butterflies #nature

Before you remove a caterpillar from your garden, look at it first. Some are 3 weeks from becoming one of America's most important pollinators. 🦋 🟡⚫ Monarch caterpillar — white, yellow, and black striped on milkweed only. Keep it. The Monarch butterfly population has dropped 80% in North America. Plant more milkweed. 🟢 Black swallowtail caterpillar — green with black and yellow dots, feeds on dill, parsley, and fennel. Keep it. Plant a little extra and there is plenty for both of you. 🟢 Woolly bear caterpillar — the fuzzy black and brown one. Completely harmless. Keep it. 🔴 Cabbage looper — small, pale green, loops when walking, found on broccoli, cabbage, and kale. Remove it — it does significant damage with no ecological offset. 🔴 Eastern tent caterpillar — builds white silk tents in tree branch forks. Remove the tent and caterpillars — they defoliate fruit trees rapidly. 🟡 Hornworm with white cocoons — leave it. The cocoons are braconid wasps hatching. They will kill the hornworm and patrol your garden. #caterpillars #butterflies #gardening #beneficialinsects #garden

Butterflies are losing the vibrant colors that once helped them survive. As human activity like deforestation encroaches further into biodiverse environments, turning once kaleidoscopic ecosystems into bare landscapes, muted colors are becoming an advantage. The result of millions of years of evolution, butterfly wings have been designed to help these creatures communicate, reproduce, and camouflage in abundant, often tropical habitats. But as more of these areas are degraded by monoculture forests and farms, the most colorful species are slowly disappearing. Video edited by @astat Sources: The Guardian, Science Daily #butterfly #butterflies #nature #wildlife #climatechange

In 2026, when insect populations are dropping at a rate that is honestly terrifying, it’s more important now than ever before to plant native. Eastern monarch populations are down 80% and Western monarchs are down even worse, at nearly 99%. If we don’t change our ways and try to help these insects, then their native populations will almost certainly be wiped out in the next few decades. Why is it so important for individual houses to plant native? Well, it’s important because even if your neighbors are lame and don’t plant native, your house will act like a point of respite for insects as they roam the neighborhood. Having little “islands” of native plants for food and host plants amongst a barren monoculture landscape is essential for migrating insects, like monarch butterflies. #animals #butterflies #gardening #nature #wildlife