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Erebia aethiops
A richly coloured brown and orange member of the ringlets group in the Satyrinae, with characteristic black and white eyespots on the upper and lower wings. Can be distinguished from similar ringlets by the brightness of its orange markings and intensity of the eye spots.
Spotted here 1500 m above sea level in an alpine meadow with woodland. Found in hills of central and eastern France to Belgium and eastwards to Russia and the northern Balkans. Outlying populations in Scotland and northern England.
The flowers is the Field Scabious, Knautia arvensis
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Thank you very much Psilo! I like your efforts and your collection!
Amazing detail! Great photography appreciated :)
Another thank you Rajas!
nice colors..
Glad to live in lowlands, there were never 50 cm of snow here. But the temperature difference is the same. The snow here is gone and the first trees come to life again.
Thanks you Satyen!
Hans.New, indeed, 25 deg.C warmer than 2 weeks ago here! There are till 50 cm of snow left though..
Spring comes in @ Daniele. We have allready 10 degrees and the snow melts away finally. I hope, the trees and flowers will get green soon.
Amazing!
I agree with you about summer HansNew! With more snow coming in again today I am now ready for spring...
And now I have some reading to do:-)
Thank you so much bayucca! The Trombidium breei on the marbled white in your first link look very similar, and are attached at the same position...
And a special link for Daniele... :-)!
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.10...
Might be Trombidium breei:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombidium_...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thekrankis/...
http://surfbirds.com/albums/showphoto.ph...
Got it now, thanks. All in all it´s a great job
There is an interesting link...
http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Ene...
If it is really a velvet mite which is actually an arachnid than early instars are often found on butterflies and other insects. But I think it is "only" a parastic mite which are commonly found on butterflies, specially on Satyrinae (don't ask me why). They are quite hramless for the butterfly since they suck on the liquids until they are fully grown and then leave the butterfly.
HansNew, it's at the junction on the thorax and the abdomen, on the right side. It's red.
Hy, i don´t think, I can see it, is it the orange spot in the middle of the body?
(not to say it isn´t there, just to help me see it, too)
You're right Bayucca! Now we have 4 species in one spotting! A larva of the mite? Do you know whether these often attach themselves to butterflies?
There is also a little mite on the Erebus. Spider mite, Trombidiidae?
Yeah, can´t wait till it arrives again, this summer.
Thank you HansNew! It's the magic of meadows in the summer.
Presque...! ;-)
Merci Bayucca! Et c'est près de chez toi:-)
Three lifeforms in an awesame spot. And all of them at a top quality. Quite impressing.