#satyrium

[razehider]

Satyrium esculi is a medium sized hairstreak that seems strongly drawn towards toadflax flowers like this (Anarrhinum bellidifolium for the plant people). they flutter around them all day, but this one was unlucky enough to get caught by this very pretty Thomisus onustus who, in a sense, was also not especially lucky considering her prey is mostly wing

it was fun to see a catch like this from a spider that mainly yoinks bees and flies. the butterfly looks real dismayed about it as well

(June 15th, 2025)

[98ae73]

😣

[pogomcl]

Blue Spot Hairstreak, Satyrium spini on left hand Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/8 1/400 iso: 100 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/11/2010

[onenicebugperday]

@homosexual-having-tea​ submitted: Heya! Do you know what this type of butterfly is? I don't recognize it and I couldn't find any matches on Google (found in Belgium btw! Tysm for your time!)

Google is often a very terrible tool for IDing bugs because there are just so so many mislabeled photos. This friend looks like one of the hairstreaks in the genus Satyrium, maybe the blue-spot hairstreak, Satyrium spini. But its wings are pretty battered so it’s hard to see the orange markings that would help set it apart from other species.

[saignant]

Satyrium - Le Rêve des Succubes

[pogomcl]

White Letter Hairstreak, Satyrium w-album Canon 7D EF 100 2.8 f/2.8 1/320 iso: 250 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/20/2016

[pogomcl]

White-Letter Hairstreak, Satyrium w-album on elderflower Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/4 1/60 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/26/2008

[pogomcl]

Blue-Spot Hairstreak, Satyrium spini Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/ 4 1/320 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic