Caption

Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) butterfly, on a sea thistle (Eryngium maritimum), in the background beach, sea and horizon, Schillig, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date

Aug 10, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Manuela Hartmann

Reference

BRK25J76_245

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

120,0Mb (3,9Mb) / 26,4in x 17,6in / 7931 x 5287 (300dpi)

Keywords

horizon deserted little plant distance Small tortoiseshell Butterfly Insect animal nature Lower Saxony Northern Germany German wildlife Europe diurnal butterfly Brush-footed butterfly Asteraceae coast european North German adaption Germany sea pioneer plant wildlife photography Sea Holly natural environment flying insect Central Europe beach no one tiny Lepidopteran open air North Germany fauna Four-footed butterfly shore German Federal Republic pioneer flora Sea thistle habitat pterygote insect Middle Europe beachfront No People small shoreline Republic of Germany natural habitat nobody FRG uninhabited empty horizons plants distances Small tortoiseshells Butterflies Insects animals diurnal butterflies Brush-footed butterflies coasts adaptions pioneer plants Sea Hollies natural environments flying insects beaches shores pterygote insects BRD Europe's costal Northern German