Characterised by metropolitan hustle and bustle, Hong Kong is also blessed with a countryside rich in ecological resources. This favourable habitat is home to a great variety of insects, many of which are rare species.
published November 22nd, 2012
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This souvenir sheet Official First Day Cover, aimed at young, beginning collectors, features the 3-cent golden-eyed lacewing (Chrysopa oculata) stamp, the 4-cent paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus) stamp, and the 8-cent margined leatherwing (Chauliognathus marginatus) stamp.
published October 8th, 2012
Beautifully illustrated by renowned international artist Petula Stone, our stamps feature six of the distinctive Tiger Moths which can be found in Alderney and are a wonderful edition to our Alderney Invertebrates series.
published August 18th, 2012
Torbjörn Östman’s first stamps for Åland Post depicted 3 different insects. When he now reappears as a stamp designer, his commission has been to feature a blood-red Ruddy Darter and a bluish-green Southern Hawker.
published July 7th, 2012
Butterflies and moths are well studied in Jersey, the first records having been made over 150 years ago. Global climate change is thought to be the cause of a remarkable number of French and southernEuropean species spreading north and being recorded in the Channel Islands and the UK. Some are vagrants in ones and twos but others have become established here during the past decade or so creating an exciting new opportunity for lepidopterists in Jersey studying these beautiful insects.
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua fimbriata
A rather prosaic name contrasts with the dramatic black and orange colouring of this large nocturnal moth. It is common in high summer but is not often seen during the day, although it might be inadvertently disturbed in a sheltered position where it will be aestivating – the summer equivalent of hibernating.
published May 13th, 2012
For the third time following 2009 and 2010 butterflies native to Liechtenstein feature centrally on a definitive stamp. The “Butterflies – III” issue, again designed by Stefan Erne, depicts two more harbingers of spring, the Orange Tip and the Peacock. (read more)
published September 7th, 2011
In keeping with its traditions, Magyar Posta presents the characteristic fauna of Hungary each year on a stamp block and set of stamps. The new 2011 stamps depict butterflies and moths.
Insects with scale-covered wings (Lepidoptera) in-clude moths and butterflies, which are thought to be the last order to have evolved among arthropods. To date about 150,000 species of moths have been identified, and 3,500 are known to have occurred in the Carpathian Basin. Insects belonging to the Lepi-doptera order are commonly described in Hungarian by a number of words, which can be summarised in English as moth and butterfly. Most of the species representing 40 moth families living in Hungary are small and fragile, but there are some which are large and fat, and they usually fly at night. The ones that are nocturnal are called moths in everyday speech. The word butterfly is mainly used for the splendid dainty species with beautiful coloration, which are on the wing during the day. All butterflies belong to one family only, which is represented by 4 species in Hungary. These, compared to their wonderful rela-tives living in the tropics, are elegant but modest in appearance. (Source: written by the expert Zsolt Bálint)
published June 1st, 2011
The Isle of Man Post Office is pleased to present this Butterfly Collection of eight stamps featuring species that have been selected not only for their beauty but also to highlight some uniquely Manx aspects of their lives.
The dazzling stamp images are the work of renowned wildlife illustrator Richard Lewington while the supporting text is provided by Jeff and Gail Jeffcoate of the Manx Wildlife Trust.
published March 23rd, 2011