Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) an essential food-plant for so many insects.

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On ragwort. Ringlet butterflies: Aphantopus hyperantus. Dance flies, Empis livida. smaller and smaller beetles and flying bugs, all mad-keen on ragwort, an essential food-plant for so many insects.

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Size: 4234px × 4185px
Location: Donna Nook, Lincolnshire. UK
Photo credit: © fotolincs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: &, aphantopus, botony, butterflies, butterfly, countryside, dance, flies, hyperantus, insects, jacobaea, nature, plants, pollinating, ragwort, ringlet, senecio, uk, wildlife