#BigButterflyCount is here! Between now and the 9th August: - spend 15 mins in a sunny spot - count the butterflies you see - submit your sightings Find out more at bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org Happy counting folks! 🦋🦋🦋

The Dogbane Patch: Pipevine Swallowtail #ButterflyWeek #butterflies #nativeplants #photography

🇺🇸 I couldn’t be happier about this! Thank you CNN, ABC, and NBC 🇺🇸

CNN is NOT airing the Trump address live. They join ABC and NBC.

Spanish researchers have discovered another type of sugar (similar to one found in raspberries :-) at the center of our MilkyWay galaxy. Reported by AP News: apnews.com/article/eryt... Hope the universe is practicing good dental hygiene 👍😊

Laugh of the day. Science wins every time.

I know you’ve been waiting all your life to see what the underside of a Bagrada bug looks like…so today is your lucky day! #InsectThursday

A magnificent Black Swallowtail in Mount Royal Park, Montreal this morning @nababutterfly.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

Day 1: Kaçkar Mountains in Turkey Picture postcards featuring a few of the many butterfly highlights, sent back to us this by tour leader Ben Greenaway. Purple-shot Copper, Pontic Blue, Eastern Orange-tip and Balkan Copper. @europebutterfly.bsky.social

Celebrating #ButterflyWeek with a great spangled fritillary. #Butterfly #Butterflies #Insects #Bloomscrolling #Photography #Macro #Nature #Wildlife

Fiery Skipper on Coyote Mint bloom. Despite the warm temps & lack of rain, we’ve still got a few blooms in my area. #ButterflyWeek.

Busy day but always time for #butterflies 🦋 This one is most probably High Brown Fritillary, ketohopeatäplä in Finnish 🦋 #ButterflyWeek #Butterflies #Insects #Bugs #Nature #perhoset #luonto #ECK

Froglet. June 2026 #frog #amphibian #pondlife #wildlife #nature #macro #Stunday #pentax #pentaxk1 #photography

#ButterflyWeek #Butterflies #Inverts Haven't seen one of these this year , Red Admirals , Frittilarries and Monarchs are scarce so far this year .

A California Tortoiseshell butterfly resting or puddling in sand for #ButterflyWeek Stay cool, hydrate, and have a great day! Taken at Garland Ranch hiking trails Carmel valley , CA on May 20, 2026

Spain if we’re in. France if we’re out. Spain winning the lot would be the perfect fuck you to the Orange shitgibbon.

New York has become the first US state to enforce a data center moratorium, as governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order today to pause construction for one year.

Son muy frecuentes durante la primera mitad del verano las especies de plantas con flores en tonos azulados/lilas (Lavandula, Cirsium, Klasea, Scabiosa ...). Todas ellas, sin excepción que yo conozca, son muy visitadas por mariposas. Aquí un buen ejemplo, Fabriciana adippe y Stachys officinalis.

For day two og #ButterflyWeek here is a nicely posed Common Blue Butterfly. Love that underwing pattern. #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #insects #photography #butterfly #comma

Male Crimson Sunbird: brilliant scarlet with a metallic purple crown and black malar stripe posing here in Sulawesi #BirdsSeenIn2026

Morning Longhorn-cuckoo #bee on my Cosmos sulphureus #flowers in my #Philly garden. 🌞 #macro #photography #native #bees #nature #pollinators #bugs #insects #eastcoastkin #bugsky

A rainforest beauty admired for its rich burgundy plumage and brilliant white wings. The Pompadour Cotinga inhabits the Amazon rainforest across northern South America. Males display striking colors to attract mates, while females alone build nests and raise the young. 📷 B. Sharma

95 percent of wildfires in California are caused by human activity. That means every one of us has the power to prevent new fire starts. Simple steps—like mowing before 10 a.m. and securing tow chains—can lead to One Less Spark and One Less Wildfire. Together, we can make a difference.

Just wow! 🙌

A Puffin announcing a new #BirdPhotography thread, while standing on a rock to qualify for today’s main #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Rocky (which might, for all I know, be the bird’s name 😉). Photographed on Skomer Island last month. #Birds #UKWildlife #EKC 🌿 (also an early post for #SuperSeabirdSunday)

A Common Swift launches from a nest box in a split second, folding and snapping its wings into perfect position almost instantly. I’ve been trying to capture this exact moment for ages, ,blink, and you’ve missed it. #BirdsInFlight #CommonSwift @rspb.bsky.social

Bob’s Picture of the Day #Photography, #Orchid, #Flowers, #BloomScrolling, #PhotoOfTheDay, #PhotographersOnBluesky, #ArtistsOnBluesky, #DailyPhoto, #iPhone

Spending time at your local park is a great way to stay active, connect with your community and support your mental and physical well-being. As we kick off July, make some time to step outside and explore the incredible public green spaces right in your backyard. 🌳☀️

Join me for an announcement on California cutting more red tape to help build more affordable housing. Watch live at 9:50am PT. YouTube: youtube.com/live/1D7Do7i... Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/17688... Instagram, X, Twitch: @CAgovernor

Get em while they're hot! 🔥

The Trump administration cut government tracking of harmful parasites, and Americans are paying the price.

Royal Tern grabbing a fish... #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings

Negros Scops Owl from the Philippines on ebird by Jackson D Souza for #BirdsSeenIn2026

You say #MacroMonday, I say Marine Blue (Leptotes Marina) Have a good day too! #butterflies

More Apollo from yesterday in the Hautes Pyrenees. Such a charismatic species.

Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis xanthomelas) (c) Lajos N. It was photographed in Serbia this year on our hugely enjoyable butterfly tour. Next year we have 2 tours there. The first is fully booked but there are places available for the 2nd group, 17-25 June: greenwings.co/our-holidays...

Golden torches whispering secrets to the summer wind. ✨️ #SundayYellow #Stunday #MyGarden #kniphofia #redhotpoker #torchlily #pocoloco #gardening #bloomscrolling #coloraday #colouraday #flowerreport 📸 June 25 -30, 2026

A beautiful Peacock Butterfly nectaring on a purple buddleia flower head.

Male broadtail hummingbird feeding. #hummingbird #ilovebirding #bird #birding #birdphotographt #birds #FDT #BirdWatching #birdphotography #Colorado #bird_photography 🪶

Zelensky walked into NATO and walked out with $80B in support and a green light to build Ukraine’s own Patriot defenses. The man Trump ambushed in the Oval Office just out‑negotiated him on the world stage. That’s one hell of a win.

Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio Troilus) Butterfly 2026-4a

Tufted Coquette (Lophornis ornatus), an extremely tiny/rare species of hummingbird, native to S. America & Trinidad. During courtship rituals, males fan their plumes out while hovering in a lyrical side-to-side pendulum motion in front of a female. #birds #biology #wildlife #nature Not Al.

Bfr wawedrn?? #kissoff #mouthoff #makeout #repeat #whitegrunt

Lobster Moth amongst 664 of 150 last night in the North Hampshire garden. With 80 species of micros, versus 70 macros, the most notable being Parectopa ononidis NFG. Also 6 yet to be identified Phyllonorycter could increase the total anywhere from 6 to zero. #TeamMoth

Legislators should not be trading stocks while voting on laws with the power to change the market. That's corruption, plain and simple. The American people want a stock trading ban for Congress—it's time to pass one.

Oregon Zoo releases hundreds of rare #Oregon silverspot caterpillars at coast: www.kptv.com/2026/07/01/o... This is really amazing news for us here, because every release gives this subspecies a better foothold on restored coastal meadow habitats. #environment #conservation #EndangeredSpecies

Going from flower to flower in search of food, goldfinch have been active in the fields. For the #birdoftheday theme of #finches #birds #goldfinch #protectnature #EastCoastKin

From Brazil for #BirdsSeenIn2026