Wednesday, July 28, 2010




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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Some More Butterflies


There are many around now.



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Saturday, July 24, 2010

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Lavatera thuringiaca



   




Tuesday, July 13, 2010



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Poppy


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Cross Gentian







Please note the white dots on all the plants. That's eggs of a butterfly Mountain Alcon Blue (Phengaris rebeli). When the larvae hatch from the eggs, they start to feed on the gentian plant, but soon let themselves drop to the ground. A certain species of ants takes them to their nest and feed the larvae of the butterfly and even prefer them to their own offspring.


Gentiana cruciata

Monday, July 12, 2010

Common Centaury



Centaurium erythraea
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Cichorium intybus


Cichorium intybus
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Dragonfly



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