Close to death

This butterfly (Mallow Skipper – Carcharodus alceae) was very lucky to escape the ambush of a crab spider.

Crab spiders don’t build webs to catch their prey. They are sit-and-wait hunters. They sit on flowers and

wait for insects to arrive. These spiders are seldom not noticed by the insects because they blend

very well into their surroundings.

Delicious meal

Lang’s Short-Tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous) is a beautiful, small butterfly.

I found this one feeding on excrements.

It sounds weird, but it isn’t.

There are still a lot of nutrients to be found in excrements.

Knapweed Fritillary

Blue eyes

Knapweed Fritillary

Spotted fritillary

Common blue

Polyommatus icarus