Other Insects of my wet meadow. Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

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Coenagrion puella

Azure damselfly resting on a buttercup leaf in my wet meadow.

Stenopterus rufus

A round-necked longhorn resting on a buttercup in my wet meadow.

Stenopterus rufus

A round-necked longhorn resting on a buttercup in my wet meadow.

Stenopterus rufus

A round-necked longhorn resting on a buttercup in my wet meadow.

Bombylius sp.

A bee-fly resting on a speedwell in a wet meadow.

Bombylius sp.

A bee-fly resting on a speedwell in a wet meadow.

Dalmannia aculeata

A Thick-Headed Fly gathering nectar of a dandelion in a wet meadow.

Dalmannia aculeata

A Thick-Headed Fly gathering nectar of a dandelion in a wet meadow.

Dalmannia aculeata

A Thick-Headed Fly gathering nectar of a dandelion in a wet meadow.

Pyrochroa serraticornis

Red-headed cardinal beetle resting on a blade of grass in a wet meadow.

Agrypnus murinus

A Click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae resting on a blade of grass in a wet meadow.

Agrypnus murinus

A Click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae resting on a blade of grass in a wet meadow.

Agrypnus murinus

Epistrophe eligans

A male hoverfly resting on a nettle leaf in my garden. A species that is particularly welcome because adults are pollinators and larvae are aphidophagous and therefore eat aphids.

Meloe violaceus

Violet oil beetle male traversing undergrowth in search of food. He loves the leaves of lesser celandine but it is an opportunistic and it tastes all vegetables it finds on its way.

Episyrphus balteatus

A female of a Marmalade Hoverfly full of promises posed on a blade of grass in my wet meadow.

Calopteryx virgo

A Beautiful Demoiselle male resting near a little stream in a wet meadow.

Dalmannia aculeata

A Thick-Headed Fly resting on a cuckooflower in a wet meadow.

Dalmannia aculeata

.A Thick-Headed Fly resting on a cuckooflower in a wet meadow.

Dalmannia aculeata

A Thick-Headed Fly resting on a cuckooflower in a wet meadow.

Dalmannia aculeata

A Thick-Headed Fly resting on a cuckooflower in a wet meadow.

Dalmannia aculeata

A Thick-Headed Fly resting on a cuckooflower in a wet meadow.

Nomada sp.

A Cuckoo Bee at rest in the heart of a dandelion flower in a wet meadow. Nomada is a kleptoparasite group species, females lay in the nests of other bees species.

Carabus intricatus

Blue Ground Beetle caught a few moments in the palm of my hands in a wet meadow.

Carabus intricatus

Blue Ground Beetle on a dead trunk in a wet meadow.

Carabus intricatus

Blue Ground Beetle hidden under the bark of a dead tree trunk in a wet meadow.

Trichodes alvearius

Checkered beetle resting on an oxeye daisy in a wet meadow.

Anthidium septemspinosum

Leafcutter bee gathering nectar of purple loosestrife in a wet meadow.

Anthidium septemspinosum

Leafcutter bee gathering nectar of purple loosestrife in a wet meadow.

Anthidium septemspinosum

Leafcutter bee male gathering nectar of purple loosestrife in a wet meadow.

Eristalis lineata

A male hoverfly gathering nectar of an apple mint in a wet meadow.

Eristalis lineata

A male hoverfly gathering nectar of an apple mint in a wet meadow.

Megachile sp.

Leafcutter bee female gathering nectar of apple mint in a wet meadow.

Megachile sp.

Leafcutter bee female gathering nectar of apple mint in a wet meadow.

Tolmerus sp.

A Robberfly resting on a bramble leaf in a wet meadow.

Argiope bruennichi

A wasp spider female resting in a wet meadow.

Rutpela maculata

Mating of Spotted Longhorn beetles on meadowsweet in a wet meadow.

Rutpela maculata

Mating of Spotted Longhorn beetles on meadowsweet in a wet meadow.

Lygistopterus sanguineus

Mating of net-winged beetles on apple mint in a wet meadow. The adults are nectarivores and larvae are predators of insects living in decaying wood.

Orthetrum coerulescens

Keeled Skimmer female resting in a wet meadow.

Calopteryx virgo

A Beautiful Demoiselle male resting on an apple mint in a wet meadow.

Hoplia coerulea

Hoplia coerulea male resting on an apple mint in a wet meadow.

Orthetrum coerulescens

Keeled Skimmer male resting on a twig in a wet meadow.

Orthetrum coerulescens

Keeled Skimmer male resting on a twig in a wet meadow.

Volucella inflata

A Cossus Hoverfly female resting on an apple mint in a wet meadow.

Calopteryx virgo

A Beautiful Demoiselle male resting on common bracken in a wet meadow.

Tettigonia viridissima

A Great Green Bush-Cricket male resting on a leaf in a wet meadow.

Hoplia philanthus

A Welsh Chafer resting on common yarrow in a wet meadow.

Hoplia philanthus

A Welsh Chafer resting on common yarrow in a wet meadow.

Cordulegaster bidentata

Sombre Goldenring dragonfly male resting in my garden.