The Flickr Solhatt Image Generatr

This queen buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris, also known as the large earth bumblebee, just has the most awesome fur coat. So dense!

The really pretty flower that is enticing here is an eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) which really is a bumblebee (and also butterfly!) magnet.

If you look a little closer on the bumblebee, you can see that it has a couple of stowaways in the form of phoretic mites. These don't hurt the bumblebee but just use it to taxi between places.

Part 1 (closer) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51546596003/

Part 2 (from the front) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52719268452/

Part 3 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52809691530/

Part 4 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52911928384/

Echinacea Angustifolia photographed in Kew Gardens, London.

This white variation of the purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is known as "White Swan" and according to the butterflies it is something of a favourite.

Here it's a small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) which was walking around on it enjoying it for quite some time.

Pt. 1: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/31065034927/

Pt. 2: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/44662891280/

Pt. 3: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48847577373/

Cropped version of Pt. 3: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50203994557/

Part 4 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52404852603/

Two female silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia) next to each other on this white variation of the purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) known as "White Swan".

Part 1 (closer) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/32258110017/

Fredlig samlevnad

It's a fritillary (Heliconiinae) pärlemofjäril all right, but which variant?

EDIT: It's a: Brenthis ino, the lesser marbled fritillary - Älggräspärlemorfjäril

Nikon D500, Nikkor 300/4,0 AF-S E PF ED VR

A small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) nässefjäril is enjoying one of the sunhats (Echinacea) which just started bursting out.

Uomo con cappello da sole
Hombre con sombrero para el sol
Homem com chapéu de sol
Man med solhatt
Man met zonnehoed
Home amb barret de sol
Homme avec chapeau de soleil
Mann mit Sonnenhut

A curious silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia) peeking up over the far side of an eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea).

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/30293420498/

Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49244063966/

Another shot where it has climbed up further: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/43126363435/

The angle isn't ideal for identifying this one, but based on how it looked when I saw it, I believe this to be a Barbut's cuckoo bee (Bombus barbutellus). The cuckoo part denotes this species not building their own nests, but instead take over nests (including workers) of other bumblebee species.

Really happy with the height difference between the flowers here. The high one on the left really makes the shot in my opinion

Part 1 shows the bumblebee closer: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51893244581/

Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52747317293/

Echinacea Purpures

Red admiral, (Vanessa atalanta), Amiralfjäril on a sunhat flower.

The purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is also known as the hedgehog coneflower. And if you zoom in on it close enough to net see the purple petals and just the bright red center, it is not difficult to see where the "hedgehog" part comes from.

The very hairy-eyed visitor here is a western honey bee (Apis mellifera)

This queen buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris, also known as the large earth bumblebee, just has the most awesome fur coat. So dense! Also note how cool the magenta of the flower is reflecting in the eye of the bumblebee.

The really pretty flower that is enticing here is an eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) whoch really is a bumblebee (and also butterfly!) magnet.

If you look a little closer on the bumblebee, you can see that it has a couple of stowaways in the form of phoretic mites. These don't hurt the bumblebee but just use it to taxi between places.

Part 1 (closer) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51546596003/

Part 2 (from the front) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52719268452/