Some More Butterflies

There are many around now.

Some Butterflies

Lavatera thuringiaca

   

Poppy

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

Common Centaury

Centaurium erythraea

Cichorium intybus

Cichorium intybus

Dragonfly