A little click-beetle cleaning one of its antennae on a blade of grass in a wet meadow.
A female of Anisorus quercus resting in the vegetation of a wasteland. In this species the male is black with red shoulders and the female does not usually wear black sutures on her eliters. I thank Boris Büche, curator of the Inaturalist organization, for his help and confirmation of the identification.
Oedemère ochracée mâle posé sur du colza en fleur...False Blister Beetle male resting on rapeseed flowers.
Oedemère ochracée mâle posé sur du colza en fleur...False Blister Beetle male resting on rapeseed flowers.
Oedemère ochracée mâle posé sur un épi de graminée...False Blister Beetle male resting a spike of dry gramineous plant.
It's the time of love for these small jewel beetles comfortably installed on a yellow flower, color that they particularly like, in an alpine meadow of Vercors.
It's the time of love for these small jewel beetles comfortably installed on a yellow flower of St John's Wort, color that they particularly like, in an alpine meadow of Vercors.
Red-brown Longhorn Beetle female comfortably installed under a wild carrot umbel in my garden.
Hanneton de la Saint-Jean grimpant sur une menthe à feuilles rondes dans une prairie humide...Summer chafer climbing on an apple mint in a wet meadow.
An hydrophilid beetle ready to fly off the blade of grass near a small stream in a wet meadow.
An hydrophilid beetle ready to fly off the blade of grass near a small stream in a wet meadow.
14-spotted Ladybird on a wild parsnip in bloom. Pyrénées Orientales, France.
Chlorophorus trifasciatus on umbelliferous. The larvae of this Longhorn beetle is developing in roots of Fabaceae (Ononis, Dorycnium). Diois, France..
A Round-necked longhorn gathering nectar of umbelliferous flowers where it's frequently found. Its larva develops in the dry wood of various trees and shrubs. Pyrenees Orientales, France.
A Round-necked longhorn gathering nectar of umbelliferous flowers where it's frequently found. Its larva develops in the dry wood of various trees and shrubs. Pyrenees Orientales, France.
A longhorn beetle (Stictoleptura cordigera) eating a round-headed leek in bloom.
This small longhorn beetle I had never seen left me a few seconds to take it on a dry hillside calcicole in the Lot. The adult is floricultural, but only lays at the foot of the mountain seselis. Larvae shall develop in the roots of this plant very present at the place of shooting.
Hoplia coerula placed placed high in the vegetation at the edge of a stream in a wet meadow.
The males of this species of the Rutelidae family gather in large numbers on the bank of streams and place themselves as high as possible on ferns, flowers and small shrubs at the beginning of summer. After choosing the best spot, they cling to the plant and lift their hind legs releasing pheromones to attract females.
Females with duller color are rarely seen and their behavior is so discreet that it remains a mystery.
Hoplia coerula placed placed high in the vegetation at the edge of a stream in a wet meadow.
The males of this species of the Rutelidae family gather in large numbers on the bank of streams and place themselves as high as possible on ferns, flowers and small shrubs at the beginning of summer. After choosing the best spot, they cling to the plant and lift their hind legs releasing pheromones to attract females.
Females with duller color are rarely seen and their behavior is so discreet that it remains a mystery.
Hoplia coerula placed placed high in the vegetation at the edge of a stream in a wet meadow.
The males of this species of the Rutelidae family gather in large numbers on the bank of streams and place themselves as high as possible on ferns, flowers and small shrubs at the beginning of summer. After choosing the best spot, they cling to the plant and lift their hind legs releasing pheromones to attract females.
Females with duller color are rarely seen and their behavior is so discreet that it remains a mystery.
Hoplia coerula placed placed high in the vegetation at the edge of a stream in a wet meadow.
The males of this species of the Rutelidae family gather in large numbers on the bank of streams and place themselves as high as possible on ferns, flowers and small shrubs at the beginning of summer. After choosing the best spot, they cling to the plant and lift their hind legs releasing pheromones to attract females.
Females with duller color are rarely seen and their behavior is so discreet that it remains a mystery.
Hoplia coerula placed placed high in the vegetation at the edge of a stream in a wet meadow.
The males of this species of the Rutelidae family gather in large numbers on the bank of streams and place themselves as high as possible on ferns, flowers and small shrubs at the beginning of summer. After choosing the best spot, they cling to the plant and lift their hind legs releasing pheromones to attract females.
Females with duller color are rarely seen and their behavior is so discreet that it remains a mystery.
A longhorn beetle that we can only find in non-maintained forests because its larvae like dead tree trunks and branches in contact with the ground. I found this beetle asleep on a scabious on the edge of a steep mixed forest.
A longhorn beetle that we can only find in non-maintained forests because its larvae like dead tree trunks and branches in contact with the ground. I found this beetle asleep on a scabious on the edge of a steep mixed forest.
A longhorn beetle that we can only find in non-maintained forests because its larvae like dead tree trunks and branches in contact with the ground. I found this beetle asleep on a scabious on the edge of a steep mixed forest.
