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Anthophora plumipes
Hairy Footed Flower Bee male gathering nectar of Purple Dead-nettle flowers in my garden.
Dolerus sp.
A little sawfly resting on sedge stem beside a small stream in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Harmonia axyridis
First outing of the season for the Asian ladybug. It inspects the plants in my garden in search of prey. Limousin, France.
Harmonia axyridis
First outing of the season for the Asian ladybug. It inspects the plants in my garden in search of prey. Limousin, France.
Xylocopa violacea
A violet carpenter bee male preparing to take flight from apple mint in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Xylocopa violacea
A violet carpenter bee male gathering nectar of hemp-agrimony flowers in a wet meadow. limousin, France.
Xylocopa violacea
A violet carpenter bee male resting on a bramble leaf near the forest. limousin, France.
Cerceris rybyensis
Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp, a small wasp of the family Crabonidae. Adults are floricolous but the larvae are carnivorous. This is why the female catch of small Hymenoptera, it paralyzes them and lock them into galleries with eggs; the larvae will eat well. Limousin, France.
Scolia hirta
Scoliid wasp female gathering nectar of apple mint flowers in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Scolia hirta
Scoliid wasp female gathering nectar of apple mint flowers in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Cimbex quadrimaculata
A Cimbicid Sawfly resting on a leaf nettle in the garden. Limousin, France. I photographed the larvae of this species in 2011 just a few meters.
Cimbex quadrimaculata
A Cimbicid Sawfly resting on a leaf nettle in the garden. Limousin, France. I photographed the larvae of this species in 2011 just a few meters.
Andrena hattorfiana
Mining Bee male resting on a fern in a wet meadow bordering forest. Limousin, France.
Epeolus fallax
Cuckoo Bee asleep, hanging by its mandibles at a sprig of dry sedge. Limousin, France.
Chrysotoxum cautum
Chrysotoxum cautum female gathering nectar of a flax flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Chrysotoxum cautum
Chrysotoxum cautum female gathering nectar of a flax flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Volucella bombylans
Bumblebee Hoverfly female gathering nectar of an oxeye daisy flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Volucella zonaria
Hornet Mimic Hoverfly female gathering nectar of zinnia flower in my garden. Limousin, France.
Volucella zonaria
Hornet Mimic Hoverfly female gathering nectar of zinnia flower in my garden. Limousin, France.
Volucella zonaria
Hornet Mimic Hoverfly female gathering nectar of zinnia flower in my garden. Limousin, France.
Volucella inanis
Volucelle vide femelle butinant de la menthe à feuilles rondes dans une prairie humide. Limousin, France...A large hoverfly female, gathering nectar of apple mint flowers in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Volucella inanis
Volucella inanis, a large hoverfly female, gathering nectar of Hemp-agrimony flowers. in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Sphaerophoria scripta
Long Hoverflies mating, the female is on the right and Long Hoverflies mating, the female is on the right and the male on the left, in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Sphaerophoria scripta
Long Hoverflies mating, the male is on the right and the female on the left, in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.