Liechtenstein post for the third time following 2009 and 2010 issued butterflies native to Liechtenstein feature depicting two more harbingers of spring, the Orange Tip and the Peacock. The “Peacock”, Inachis io (face value CHF 2.20) from the Nymphalidae family was the “Butterfly of the Year 2009”. Since because of global warming this butterfly now [...]
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Long-horned Beetles
January 24th, 2011 
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1,459 viewsTaiwan post will issue a second set of four stamps, featuring Aeolesthes oenochrous, Doliops similis, Thermistis taiwanensis, and Dorysthenes pici, the long-horned Beetles. 1. Aeolesthes oenochrous (NT$1.00): Commonly known as the Wu-she blood-spotted long-horned beetle in English, the body of this large beetle is densely covered with shiny red hairs. The last three segments of [...]
Beneficial Insects – Canada
October 18th, 2010 srmodh 2,591 viewsCanada Post will issue a set of stamps to celebrate five nature’s tiniest helpers: the paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus), the assassin bug (Zelus luridus), the large milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus), the margined leatherwing (Chauliognathus marginatus) and the dogbane beetle (Chrysochus auratus).
Butterflies – France
September 11th, 2010 srmodh 1,340 viewsFrench post issued a souvenir sheet featuring various butterflies as a block of stamps of Nature 2010.
Green Snaketail
August 13th, 2010 srmodh 724 viewsRepublic of Belarus will issue the set of four stamps featuring Dragonfly Green snaketail (Ophiogomphus cecilia), in the WWF series. The Green snaketail (Ophiogomphus cecilia) is a dragonfly listed in the Red Book of the Republic of Belarus. It is a very beautiful, easily recognizable dragonfly.
Butterflies – II
June 6th, 2010 srmodh 2,271 viewsThe issue of the “Butterflies – II” definitive continues the series showing butterflies native to Liechtenstein started in September 2009. This time three very familiar butterflies from the Satyridae (Satyrinae), Papilionidae (Swallowtail) and Pieridae (Whites) families are depicted: the rare False Ringlet, the ubiquitous Brimstone Butterfly and the magnificent Yellow and Black Swallowtail.
