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debbolita.bsky.social
Unlike most other butterflies, male Zebra Longwings mate with a female before the female has a chance to emerge from its chrysalis.
#Twosday #TwoFerTuesday #Butterflies #Nature #mothernature #photography #naturephotography #chrysalis
Two male Zebra butterflies flanking a female chrysalis. Male Zebra Longwings mate with a female before the female has a chance to emerge from its chrysalis.
March 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
they-live-among-us.bsky.social
zebra longwings vibing on some spanish moss

#wildlife #photography #insects
December 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
bobwmfl.bsky.social
Lots of #butterflies fluttering around the magnolia tree this morning. Zebra longwings (Heliconius charithonia) 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #MyGarden #insects
May 8, 2026 at 10:52 PM
mossworm.bsky.social
there are more fritillaries than zebra longwings but they both eat the same plants, so sometimes the male fritillaries see the longwings flying around and go over like "hey girl hey girl hey girl he- wait, incorrect girl, sorry"
July 12, 2024 at 7:45 PM
dieworkwear.bsky.social
This sort of model already exists today. Alden shoes, made in Middleborough, Massachusetts, are popular in Japan because ... well, they're American (regional branding). They're also well-made using imported leathers. Lots of Japanese guys spend a lot of money to look like this:
Alden's brown shell cordovan longwings sitting on a grey pinstripe suit. A Japanese man in a navy suit, black slip-on shoes, white dress shirt, grey tie, and white pocket square. The cut of the suit is very American (undarted, straight sides, natural shoulder line).
April 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
mossworm.bsky.social
zebra longwings and other Heliconius & friends collect pollen in their proboscis and drool on it to extract the amino acids. they use this extra energy to have lots of silly fights with each other
Photo by M J Raupp of an orange and black longwing butterfly holding a film of yellow pollen grains in its curled proboscis
September 10, 2026 at 10:40 PM
kafkaesque2024.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSongs

"Come Fly With Me," Frank Sinatra.

#BlueDorisLongwingButterfly
#CanonR50 #RF55-210mmLens #Photography #ECK #Nature #ButterflySky #Arthropods #FlyDay #MacroPhotography #HoustonCockrellCenter
A Doris Longwings butterfly sits on a red flower in a bright macro close-up. The butterfly is black with two white blotches on each wing, plus electric blue tail feather markings.
May 15, 2026 at 2:25 AM
spanoudis.bsky.social
#Zebra #Longwings 🦋 #Butterfly
(Heliconius charithonia)
on #Mexican #Flame #Vine
(Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides)
#CoralSprings #Florida
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org

#butterflies #Helliconia #nature #pollinators #nectar #flowers #blooms #gardens #gardening
June 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
mossworm.bsky.social
obviously I'm happy to have either, but zebra longwings are more fun to watch in a traditional butterfly garden sense because they tend to stick around much longer. fritillaries have much shorter lives, and tend to appear for a few seconds to hurriedly lay an egg before rushing off somewhere else
April 28, 2026 at 6:54 PM
minouette.bsky.social
A kaleidoscope of butterflies for #WorldButterflyDay. It’s also #PiDay so I feel the symmetries of this print which I laid out with a compass & some geometric tricks seems apt.
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There are 3 each of the orange Isabella’s Longwings (Nymphalidae Eueides isabella), 3 yellow Eastern tiger swallowtails
This lino block print is printed in black ink on Japanese kozo paper 12.5” by 12”. Each butterfly involves 'chine collé' (collaged, delicate, Japanese paper) for their glorious colour. They are arrayed with a three-fold symmetry, like images in a toy kaleidoscope. There are 3 each of the orange Isabella's Longwings (Nymphalidae Eueides isabella), 3 yellow Eastern tiger swallowtails (Papilio glaucus), & 3 blue Red-Spotted Purples (Limenitis arthemis astyanax). There is text reading ‘A kaleidoscope of Butterflies’ with a butterfly for the f.
March 14, 2026 at 11:51 AM
spanoudis.bsky.social
#Julia #Longwings #Butterfly 🦋 (female)
#Loxahatchee #Florida
ARM LOX NWR
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at thetherpages.org

Wings half-folded

#butterflies #lepidoptera #everglades #nps #nature #wildlife #photography #trails #hiking #wetlands #cypress #hammock
February 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
minouette.bsky.social
A kaleidoscope of butterflies for #WorldButterflyDay. It’s also #PiDay so I feel this the symmetries of this print which I laid out with a compass and some geometric tricks, seems apt. 🧪🐡🦋🧮
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There are three each of the orange Isabella’s Longwings (Nymphalidae Eueides isabella), 🧵
This lino block print is printed in black ink on Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper 12.5 inches by 12 inches, or 31.7 cm by 30.5 cm in dimension. Each butterfly involves 'chine collé' (collaged, delicate, Japanese paper) for their glorious colour. They are arrayed with a three-fold symmetry, like images in a toy kaleidoscope. There are three each of the orange Isabella's Longwings (Nymphalidae Eueides isabella), three yellow Eastern tiger swallowtails (Papilio glaucus), and three blue Red-Spotted Purples (Limenitis arthemis astyanax). There is text reading ‘A kaleidoscope of Butterflies’ with a butterfly for the f.
March 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
dcfitzgerald.bsky.social
Sara Longwing (Heliconius sara).. Longwings can live longer than other butterflies because they are among the few species that eat pollen (protein) in addition to nectar. #nature #butterfly #wildlife #biology 🌱
Sara Longwing (Heliconius sara).. Longwings can live longer than other butterflies because they are among the few species that eat pollen (protein) in addition to nectar.
January 19, 2026 at 11:58 PM
minouette.bsky.social
One of my favourite #termsOfVenery prints for #pollinatorWeek: 🧪🐡🦋

A kaleidoscope of butterflies!
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There are three each of the orange Isabella’s Longwings (Nymphalidae Eueides isabella), three yellow Eastern tiger swallowtails (Papilio glaucus), and
This lino block print is printed in black ink on Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper 12.5 inches by 12 inches, or 31.7 cm by 30.5 cm in dimension. Each butterfly involves 'chine collé' (collaged, delicate, Japanese paper) for their glorious colour. They are arrayed with a three-fold symmetry, like images in a toy kaleidoscope. There are three each of the orange Isabella's Longwings (Nymphalidae Eueides isabella), three yellow Eastern tiger swallowtails (Papilio glaucus), and three blue Red-Spotted Purples (Limenitis arthemis astyanax). There is text reading ‘A kaleidoscope of Butterflies’ with a butterfly for the f.
June 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
fossiltttttbw.bsky.social
マイクラの蝶・蛾追加MODとしてLongwingsはかなりクオリティが高いと感じる、ちゃんと気候に合わせていろんな蝶が出てくるのよね
以前僕がリクエストしたオオムラサキも採用されたから嬉しい
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Longwings - Minecraft Mod
All things Butterflies (and Moths!)
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February 13, 2026 at 6:36 AM
minouette.bsky.social
It’s #InverteFest again! 🧪🐡🦋So here is my bee (and other pollinator) propaganda for Manufactured Ecosystems. Thinking about the future of pollination and seeking solutions from technological and nature-based knowledge. This is essentially my conclusion: we can aid our beleaguered pollinators 🧵
As described this 16” x 20” linocut print combines gold text in a central circle reading “OUR FATE” arching upwards, “IS TIED” horizontally across the middle, “TO THAT OF THE INSECTS” arching downwards in two lines with insects. Clockwise from top: two leaf cutter bees (Megachile relativa and M. brevis), the Imperial moth (Eacles imperialis), the Virgin Tiger moth (Apantesis virgo), an Isabella’s Longwings butterfly (Nymphalidae Eueides isabella), a blue orchard mason bee (Osmia lignaria), a firefly (Photinus pyralis), the rusty patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis), a white underwing moth (Catocala relicta), an eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica), a sweat bee (Agapostemon sericeus), a hummingbird clearwing moth (Hermaris thysbe), the common eastern bumblebee (B. impatiens), a long-horned bee (Melissodes sp.), a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and centre: eastern snail-shell nesting bee (O. conjuncta).
April 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
derekmay.bsky.social
PC: ©Julee75
Found throughout Florida in hardwood hammocks, thickets, gardens, and particularly in the Everglades National Park, Zebra Longwings are large butterflies.
March 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
stonethegardener.bsky.social
Camellia sasanqua was a hive of pollinator activity yesterday
#butterflies
American painted lady zebra longwings butterfly Cloudless sulphur butterfly wasp...
December 18, 2024 at 11:49 AM
spanoudis.bsky.social
Julia Longwings #Butterfly
ARM LOX NWR, #Loxahatchee #Florida
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org
#butterflies #pollinators #everglades #nationalwildliferefuge
#wetlands #photography #naturephotography #insects #trails #hiking #nature #ecosystem #nps #beautiful
January 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
spanoudis.bsky.social
Zebra Longwings 🦋 (Heliconius charithonia)
on Spanish Needles (Bidens Alba)
#CoralSprings #Florida
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from theotherpages.org

#butterflies #nature #gardens #naturalizing #pollinators #nectarplants #gardening #wildlife #insects #nativeplants #photography #wildlifephotography
A butterfly with long, slender wings perched on a small flower lapping up pollen and nectar.
January 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
minouette.bsky.social
May 20 is World Bee Day. 🧪🐡🐝 There are ~20,000 different bee species in the world. Here in Ontario we have at least 400 native bees (none of which are the honeybees, which are from Europe). Bees are key to pollination. According to the UN nearly 90% of the world’s wild flowering plant species depend
As described this 16” x 20” linocut print combines gold text in a central circle reading “OUR FATE” arching upwards, “IS TIED” horizontally across the middle, “TO THAT OF THE INSECTS” arching downwards in two lines with insects. Clockwise from top: two leaf cutter bees (Megachile relativa and M. brevis), the Imperial moth (Eacles imperialis), the Virgin Tiger moth (Apantesis virgo), an Isabella’s Longwings butterfly (Nymphalidae Eueides isabella), a blue orchard mason bee (Osmia lignaria), a firefly (Photinus pyralis), the rusty patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis), a white underwing moth (Catocala relicta), an eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica), a sweat bee (Agapostemon sericeus), a hummingbird clearwing moth (Hermaris thysbe), the common eastern bumblebee (B. impatiens), a long-horned bee (Melissodes sp.), a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and centre: eastern snail-shell nesting bee (O. conjuncta).
May 20, 2026 at 12:44 PM
sandra-aamodt.bsky.social
Pair of tiger longwings from the Butterfly Pavillion in Westminster, Colorado, for #ButterflyWeek
Butterfly with long wings open on a leaf, with an identical butterfly hovering above in profile, against a background of blurred leaves. Their wings are rust-colored in the center near their black and yellow bodies, with a yellow stripe separating that area from the black edges of their wings. The black areas have a string of yellow dots, and the yellow area has a single black dot.
July 13, 2026 at 9:57 PM
mossworm.bsky.social
The monarchs here seem to struggle with city life. The longwings are doing great and ignore me completely but I see a monarch like once a week and they get spooked when cars drive by
Monarch butterfly on white aquatic milkweed flowers
August 27, 2024 at 6:52 PM
minouette.bsky.social
kaleidoscope. There are 3 each of the orange Isabella’s Longwings (Nymphalidae Eueides isabella), 3 yellow Eastern tiger swallowtails (Papilio glaucus), & 3 blue Red-Spotted Purples (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) in this #linocut kaleidoscope.⠀
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#printmaking
minouette.etsy.com
December 24, 2024 at 1:17 PM
minouette.bsky.social
May 20 is World Bee Day. There are ~20,000 different bee species in the world. 🧪🧵🐝 Here in Ontario we have at least 400 native bees (none of which are honeybees, which are from Europe). Bees are key to pollination. According to the UN nearly 90% of the world’s wild flowering plant species depend, 🧵
As described this 16” x 20” linocut print combines gold text in a central circle reading “OUR FATE” arching upwards, “IS TIED” horizontally across the middle, “TO THAT OF THE INSECTS” arching downwards in two lines with insects. Clockwise from top: two leaf cutter bees (Megachile relativa and M. brevis), the Imperial moth (Eacles imperialis), the Virgin Tiger moth (Apantesis virgo), an Isabella’s Longwings butterfly (Nymphalidae Eueides isabella), a blue orchard mason bee (Osmia lignaria), a firefly (Photinus pyralis), the rusty patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis), a white underwing moth (Catocala relicta), an eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica), a sweat bee (Agapostemon sericeus), a hummingbird clearwing moth (Hermaris thysbe), the common eastern bumblebee (B. impatiens), a long-horned bee (Melissodes sp.), a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and centre: eastern snail-shell nesting bee (O. conjuncta).
May 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM