Lycaenidae: blues, coppers, and hairstreaks. The butterflies are quite small. About 70% of Lycaenidae are associated with ants: myrmecophiles. Some have extremely interesting developmental stories. They are found in limestone grasslands, quarries, riparian meadows, abandoned lots and urban spaces. Most have very narrow geographical limits and some are associated to a single specific plant.

Pieridae : Whites, Clouded Whites and Brimstone

Nymphalidae: Royals, Fritillaries, Meadow Browns - most of those things which are not Blues

All things mothy

Burnets: Zygaenidae. Day-flying moths that usually have dark wings with red spots on them. Found in limestone grasslands and tall grasses.

Damselflies: inclusive of Bluetails, Whuitelegs, Emeralds; Coenagrionidae, Calopterygidae, Lestidae

Chrysomelidae: leaf and flower beetles including Cryptocephalus, Chrysolina, Phyllotreta, etc

Longhorns: Cerambycidae. Beetles that have long antennae

Scarabaeidae: Scarab beetles and chafers

Hemiptera: Shieldbugs, Ground Bugs, Plant Bugs- Some bugs are extremely destructive to agricultural crops such as the Sunn Bugs; others are extremely beneficial to gardeners and agriculture by voraciously gobbling up aphids, mites and other microscopic pests.

Duke of Burgundy, Hamearis lucina,. The one and only Duke of Burgundy. The solitary European Metalmark. The wings resemble something like a fritillary with the size of a skipper and eyes similar to Lycaenidae. Found in tall grasslands. Scarce and getting scarcer.

The Browns: Satyrinae. Grass butterflies with chestnut or brown colors . Small Heath, Large Heath, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, belong to this group. Found in tall grasslands and heaths; their main food plants are grasses. Flight is April - September.

Skippers, the Hesperidae or Spreadwings. Butterflies don't so much fly or flutter, but skip from one place to another. Unlike many other butterflies, many of the skippers sit with their hind wings horizontal, so they look something like small twin-tailed fighter jets. Eyes are usually brown and large with an upturned snout and short horns.

Ladybirds, ladybird. Coccinellidae. Small flower beetles known in children''s books and nursery rhymes. Gardener's zookeepers managing the aphids, mites and other pests

Macro images in a square format which have been manipulated with basic filters for off print wall art . 20 x 20, 30 x 30 and 404 x 40.

Images of winter weeds taken with a Canon 5D II with the unlike combination of 60 2.8 short macro lens in low winter light.

The long winter walk across Dobrichovice to Morinka and to the river at Zadni Treban or in reverse from Zadnit Treban across to Morinka and east to Dobrichovice.