Caption

A swallowtail butterfly (Macroglossum stellatarum) feeding on nectar from a butterfly bush (Buddleja), Wilnsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Jul 24, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Burkhard Sauskojus

Reference

BRK26I22_489

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

56.7Mb (18.9Mb) / 18.2in x 12.1in / 5453 x 3635 (300dpi)

Keywords

no people plant Butterfly Insect animal nature North Rhine-Westphalia German wildlife Europe Sphingid nectar collect european Hummingbird hawk-moth Germany butterfly bush Lamiales wildlife photography Wilnsdorf Siegerland natural environment flying insect Central Europe deserted Lepidopteran open air NRW fauna gathers Hummingmoth German Federal Republic butterfly-bush habitat pterygote insect Middle Europe nobody Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Hummingbird Hawkmoth Republic of Germany natural habitat North-Rhine Westphalia plants Butterflies Insects animals Sphingids nectars collecting Hummingbird hawk-moths butterfly bushes natural environments flying insects gathering butterfly-bushes pterygote insects no one Europe's collects FRG BRD