The holly blue
The Holly Blue is a common butterfly in the Netherlands. The butterfly is also common in gardens. Certainly if it is butterfly-friendly with sufficient host and nectar plants.
The red admiral
The red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) is a very common species in the Netherlands. But did you know that this butterfly migrates south in autumn?
The map
The map is a special butterfly. The different generations in a year are different in colour. An example of seasonal dimorphism. I explain this further in this blog.
Brimstones
There are four common butterflies in the Netherlands that hibernate as an adult. Besides the peacock, the comma butterly and the small tortoiseshell, the fourth species is the brimstone. A beautiful bright yellow butterfly which can be seen early in spring.
Comma butterfly
The comma butterfly is one of the four common butterfly species in the Netherlands that overwinter as imago. Now that the spring sun is showing itself again, these hibernating butterflies are emerging from their hiding places.
The peacock
While we have already experienced the first frost and our pond has frozen over, I am writing a blog about the peacock (Aglais io). Not the graceful bird with its impressive tail feathers but the butterfly.
A caterpillar or not?
The caterpillar is the larva of a butterfly or moth. But there are also larvae that look a lot like a caterpillar, but are not. They belong to sawflies. This blog is about the differences between the two.
