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

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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.

Lucanus cervus

Stag Beetle female Female found in front of my house. Limousin, France.

Lucanus cervus

Stag Beetle female Female found in front of my house. Limousin, France.

Lucanus cervus

Stag Beetle female Female found in front of my house. Limousin, France.

Lucanus cervus

Stag Beetle female Female found in front of my house. Limousin, France.

Colletes sp.

A plasterer bee making a quick wash on a nettle leaf in a wet meadow. 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 sp.

Mining bee female resting on a flower of Lesser celandine. Limousin, France.

Andrena sp.

Mining bee female resting on a flower of Lesser celandine. Limousin, France.

Andrena cineraria

Mining Bee mâle gathering nectar of a Barren Strawberry flower. Limousin, France.

Andrena cineraria

Mining Bee mâle gathering nectar of a Barren Strawberry flower. Limousin, France.

Strongylogaster multifasciata

Bracken Sawfly female laying eggs on a bracken leaf. Limousin, France.

Andrena hattorfiana

Mining Bee male resting on a fern in a wet meadow bordering forest. Limousin, France.

Tenthredo mesomela

Green-legged sawfly resting on a nettle leaf. Limousin, France.

Polistes dominula

Paper wasp on a leaf in a hedge. Limousin, France.

Polistes dominula

Paper wasp on a leaf in a hedge. Limousin, France.

Strongylogaster multifasciata

Bracken Sawfly female laying eggs on a bracken leaf. Limousin, France.

Andrena sp.

Mining Bee male on a leaf, ready to fly. Limousin, France.

Epeolus fallax

Cuckoo Bee asleep, hanging by its mandibles at a sprig of dry sedge. Limousin, France.

Eucera sp.

Long-horned Bee heading toward vetch flowers. 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 inflata

A male hoverfly resting on a sorrel leaf near the forest. Limousin, France.

Volucella inflata

A male hoverfly resting on a sorrel leaf near the forest. 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 Hoverfly male resting on a red deadnettle flower. 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.