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3415    (1 photos)
Texas Crescent (Anthanassa texana) (Butterflies)
2008-10-27

Imago.

3414    (1 photos)
Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole) (Butterflies)
2008-10-27

Imago.

3413    (1 photos)
Common Greeneyed-White (Leptophobia aripa) (Butterflies)
2009-09-05

Imago.

3412    (1 photos)
Texas Crescent (Anthanassa texana) (Butterflies)
2009-08-04

Imago. Seen here or at the near by reservoir, El Salvador.

3411    (2 photos)
Western Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides rumiko) (Butterflies)
2009-08-20

Imago.

3410    (2 photos BOTH SIDES)
Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) (Butterflies)
2009-09-05

Imago.

3409    (1 photos)
Nokomis Fritillary (Speyeria nokomis) (Butterflies)
2009-09-05

Imago. Male. Perhaps the same as 3408.

3408    (1 photos)
Nokomis Fritillary (Speyeria nokomis) (Butterflies)
2009-09-05

Imago. Male.

3407    (1 photos)
Funeral Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis) (Butterflies)
2010-06-05

Imago. Pale patch in cell near costa in forewing.

3406    (1 photos)
Purple Emperor (Apatura iris) (Butterflies)
2008-07-13

Imago. Pinseskoven.

3405    (2 photos BOTH SIDES)
Blue-frosted Banner (Catonephele numilia) (Butterflies)
2009-09-17

Imago. Female. On the slope overlooking the village below.

3404    (1 photos)
Blomfild's Beauty (Smyrna blomfildia) (Butterflies)
2009-09-17

Imago. On the slope overlooking the village below.

3403    (2 photos)
Nun Moth (Lymantria monacha) (Butterflies)
2025-10-18

Pupa. Heksegryden.
A single pupa sitting on Aspen (P. tremula) at two meters height. I had another in the same spot on October 28.

iNaturalist suggested this species or L. dispar. The latter is a rare species and has not been found breeding naturally on the island before(there was a larger accidental release when elm-trees were imported to Ørestaden from Germany - there the species is considered a pest).

Asked TL and he got info that suggested monacha, but later Leucoma salicis was suggested by another capacity. But - checking up on it, salicis has never been found on Amager, and comparing with pupae on Lepiforum the pupa of monacha seem to be a perfect match, why I decide to go with this species. Also the most likely because it has been reported before.

3402    (1 photos)
Nun Moth (Lymantria monacha) (Butterflies)
2025-10-28

Pupa. Heksegryden.
See 3403 for comment on this finding. I visited the spot again the day after, but the pupa was gone. Blown off by the wind or eaten by a woodpecker perhaps.

3401    (1 photos)
Citron Amanita (Amanita citrina) (Fungi)
2025-10-03

Bagstien, Pinseskoven.
A single was there looking shortly like the tempting deathly one, the Snowwhite Wonder Delight, that could end all misery. But it was not. But a first it was. But I'm not mycologizing why it is irrelevant, if there were one, two or many. If you can't die from it, there's no point in pursuing it.

3400    (2 photos)
Spectacular Rustgill (Gymnopilus junonius) (Fungi)
2025-10-03

Bagstien, Pinseskoven.
Never saw it before, never heard of it. And not seen recently on Amager, according to naturbasen. But then again, the scientific name used there is not the same as other resources use, why I to doubt if we are talking about the same species. Naturbasen is becoming more and more irrelevant, as the greedy owner doens't seem to care about maintaining the site. Unfortunately there is no country level alternative that is worth using, why many people keep using it.

3394    (2 photos)
Marbled Orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus) (Other insects and Spiders)
2025-09-22

Imago. Female. Fonscolombii-lysningen. Form pyramidatus. Scarce in Denmark.
Two accidentally caught in net while catching dragonflies.

3366    (1 photos)
Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) (Butterflies)
2025-08-14

Imago. Male. Granatsø. Same as 3365.

Still present this afternoon with the same behavior flying forth and back along the same stretch. Today, however, it chose to visit several flowers during the transects, which it didn't do yesterday. Then, probably very focused on finding a mate, and less so today with the compass recently and well-adjusted after three and a half hours [and more] of active duty fulfilled!

Thomas Larsen got photos of the upperside deciding the sex, and my photos show that it is the same male as yesterday.

Here on Autumn Hawkbit [Høst-Borst].

  Rare

3365    (8 photos)
Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) (Butterflies)
2025-08-13

Imago. Pair. Granatsø. Mating.
Discovered the first animal just as I arrived. Clearly orange in the wing, there was no doubt about the species. It continued to explore a stretch of 200 meters of dry meadow, frenetically moving forth and back in search of a mate. I thought it was a male looking for a female, but as the in-flight photos show, it was the female who was all up and running here.

At a point it stopped coming back and I thought it was gone or had found a perch in the short grass. I checked the ground in the direction it had last flown, and reached the end without seeing it. The obvious thought was that it had continued, and I too decided to continue with what I came for originally: Dragonflies. But then as I started to go back, it flew up. An orange flash. But it was different this time. Looked more clumpsy, and then all the yellow hanging below it. Maybe it had been different animals flying forth and back, and finally they found each other. The male, without white spots in the forewing, took the lead slow-carrying both of them to a likely safer spot than where I just flushed them from. He soon dropped to the ground and they continued their mating pleasures. This was around 13:15. I got my photos (or at least photos as good as my old camera allows me to have), and then I continued to look for dragonflies. 45 minutes later I decided to go back, just to see if they were still in action. And they were. Same spot, same moveless position with the male being on top and the female hanging head-down. I then decided to leave this locality and visited the rest of the spots I had planned for this afternoon. Two hours later, on my way home, I decided to make a quick visit, and they were still there. I left them at 16:50.

I don't know much about the mating strategies of these butterflies, but it seems to be an extremely long process I had just witnessed. If they are still there tomorrow, I'm buying icecream for everyone who reads this - Free delivery, where-ever you are..!

In a short-grassed dry field with mainly clover [kløver], Yarrow [Røllike] and Bird's-foot Trefoil [Kællingetand].
In photo 2 followed by a Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) [Okkergul Randøje].

Same as 3366.

  Rare

3363    (1 photos)
Tawny Wave (Scopula rubiginata) (Butterflies)
2025-08-11

Barbarus-vandhullet. A single seen in the grassy meadow.

3362    (1 photos)
Tawny Wave (Scopula rubiginata) (Butterflies)
2025-08-11

Villahøj-renden. A single seen.

3361    (3 photos)
Common Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) (Plants)
2025-08-11

A single patch in a shady patch.

3343    (1 photos)
Large Marsh Horsefly (Tabanus autumnalis) (Other insects and Spiders)
2025-08-06

Imago. Female. SHV-lysninger.

3340    (1 photos)
Field Digger Wasp (Mellinus arvensis) (Other insects and Spiders)
2025-08-08

Imago. Female. NØ-vandhullet.
A single present, and only seen like this in photo (iNa-identified).

3339    (3 photos)
*Mark-Dyndflue* (Eristalis interrupta) (Other insects and Spiders)
2025-08-08

Imago. Male & Female. The dike, Nordskoven. On Tansy [Rejnfan].
One female (separate eyes) and three males frantically courting her.

3338    (1 photos)
Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) (Butterflies)
2025-08-08

Imago. Nordskoven. Summer generation.
Was sitting on this post at the end of the dike.

3328    (2 photos)
Compost Hoverfly (Syritta pipiens) (Other insects and Spiders)
2025-08-05

Imago. Male. Nothing much to say. Apparently a very common species that I haven't seen before. Thick thighs and two pale spots at the front of the thorax.

3325    (1 photos)
Tansy Plume (Gillmeria ochrodactyla) (Butterflies)
2025-07-23

Imago. Fonscolombii-lysningen. A single seen.
Brown and white on tibia between spines is good for this species. And sitting on Rejnfan, likely the most expected of the species.

3321    (2 photos)
*Gulvinget Solbille* (Oedemera femorata) (Other insects and Spiders)
2025-07-23

Imago. Fonscolombii-lysningen. A single seen.

3315    (1 photos)
Red Malachite Beetle (Anthocomus rufus) (Other insects and Spiders)
2025-07-19

Imago. Several seen. Small.

3314    (1 photos)
Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) (Butterflies)
2025-07-19

Imago. Did indeed look small when flying around. Brown underside to the clubtip compared to dark on lineola [Stregbredpande]. A good handful seen, but only casually while focusing on the main dragonfly-targets this day.

3302    (1 photos)
Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) (Plants)
2025-07-19

Growing in the stream where to look for delightful dragonflies.

3300    (2 photos)
Hemerobius humulinus (Hemerobius humulinus) (Other insects and Spiders)
2025-04-22

Imago. Birkedammen.

3299    (1 photos)
Scathophaga furcata (Scathophaga furcata) (Other insects and Spiders)
2025-04-22

Imago. Birkedammen.

3298    (2 photos)
Longhorn Beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata) (Other insects and Spiders)
2025-06-10

Imago. Bagstien. A single present.
On a redwine-sugar splash intended for the exclusive butterfly Apatura ilia.

3297    (2 photos BOTH SIDES)
Purple Emperor (Apatura iris) (Butterflies)
2025-06-10

Imago. Female. Bagstien. Very large why likely a female.
It sat at a natural spot (no wine-splashing) where the day after a Lesser Purple Emperor had replaced it.

3296    (2 photos)
*Tværridset Vandkalv* (Colymbetes fuscus) (Other insects and Spiders)
2025-06-10

Imago. Strandengen-syd.
With an intention to get out of the water for some reason, but soon after I took these photos it lost the grib and disappeared into the water again.

3295    (3 photos)
Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis) (Other insects and Spiders)
2025-06-10

Imago. Bagstien. A single present.
On a redwine-sugar splash intended for the exclusive butterfly Apatura ilia.

3294    (4 photos BOTH SIDES)
Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia) (Butterflies)
2025-06-11

Imago. Male. Bagstien. Worn.
Sitting naturally on the ground licking minerals. Two animals seen today.

3293    (4 photos)
Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia) (Butterflies)
2025-06-11

Imago. Bagstien.
Only saw it as this in the folded state, but sitting at this natural spot (not attracted by sugar-wine splashing) that apparently was leaking juices since I had a Purple Emperor and a Comma Butterfly sitting here the day before.

3292    (8 photos)
Large Thorn (Ennomos autumnaria) (Butterflies)
2025-07-09

Larva. Fell down on my mother while passing under the Linden trees. Returned after photo session.

3290    (4 photos)
Wild Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) (Plants)
2025-06-20

Msv. Along the canal between the open and the forest.
The mini pools created at the base of the leaves is a true insect-killer. Whether it is part of a nutrient-acquiring strategy or a mean to prevent stem-climbing insects to advance upward it is very efficient with all the pools I checked filled with several dead animals.

3289    (4 photos)
*Sortkøllet Ådselsgraver* (Nicrophorus vespilloides) (Other insects and Spiders)
2025-06-09

Imago. Msv. Along kanal between open and forest.
Dead. Was lying drowned in this tiny pool of water in a Wild Teasel [Gærde-Kartebolle]. Here with a syrphus hoverfly. There were many plants with pools and all were filled with drowned insects.

3288    (1 photos)
Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io) (Butterflies)
2025-06-20

Larva. Granatvej.
Several larvae crossing the road, but there were no nettles around here, so where did they come from?

3287    (1 photos)
*Metallisk Sandløber* (Harpalus affinis) (Other insects and Spiders)
2025-06-17

Imago.

3286    (1 photos)
Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) (Plants)
2025-06-25

3284    (2 photos)
Straw Underwing (Thalpophila matura) (Butterflies)
2020-08-08

Imago. Not sure where I saw it, but probably in Pinseskoven.

3283    (1 photos)
White-bellied Rough Lizard (Sceloporus albiventris) (Lizards, snakes and allies)
2015-09-11

3282    (1 photos)
White-bellied Rough Lizard (Sceloporus albiventris) (Lizards, snakes and allies)
2015-10-07

3281    (1 photos)
Teapen Rosebelly Lizard (Sceloporus teapensis) (Lizards, snakes and allies)
2016-01-06

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