Pyrénées moutains

A blister beetle tasting a scabious flower in an altitude meadow in the Pyrénées Orientales.

Small pincertail resting on a bramble near Rennes-le-Château. Aude, France.

Ringlet gathering nectar of flowering oregano in a high altitude meadow in Pyrenees mountains.

Provençal Short-tailed Blue laying its eggs on a black medick flowers in a small Pyrenean valley. Aude, France.

Provençal Short-tailed Blue gathering nectar of a black medick flowers in a small Pyrenean valley. Aude, France.

Provençal Short-tailed Blue watering at the edge of a small stream in a Pyrenean valley. Aude, France.

Provençal Short-tailed Blue gathering nectar of a yellow restharrow flower in a small Pyrenean valley. Aude, France.

Marbled white gathering nectar of a scabious flower in a small Pyrenean valley. Aude, France.

Adonis Blue male resting in a small Pyrenean valley. Aude, France.

Adonis Blue male resting in a small Pyrenean valley. Aude, France.

southern scarce swallowtail drinking from a small stream in a Pyrenean valley. Aude, France.

A conehead mantis female hunting in a small bush of arabian pea.

A conehead mantis female hunting in a small bush of arabian pea.

Esper's marbled white male gathering nectar of a pink flower in a meadow. Catalan Pyrenees, France.

A rather rare hoverfly cleaning its legs on a tree trunk in a small valley of the Aude.
The adult is floricole, the larvae develop in the rotted wood.

Checkered beetles tasting a Grey-leaved Cistus flower.

Common blue male resting at the edge of a path.

Common blue male resting at the edge of a path.

Blister beetle resting on a yarrow on the side of a road.

The male of this small beetle has very large and strange antennae. The female lays her eggs on a plant foraged by square-headed wasps which use prey (Ortoptera or Mantis) to feed their larvae. The tiny Cerocoma larva climbs on a feeding wasp. If it is a female of the right species, it will lead them directly to the nest. He will drop into a cell, kill the wasp larva and take advantage of the food at his disposal to go out as an adult in the spring.

Small Heath posed in a wet meadow.

Amanda's Blue still asleep in an old Pyrenean quarry.

Bee Orchid in bloom in an old Pyrenean quarry.

Owl Sulfur female in a dormitory in an old Pyrenean quarry.

A rare species of owlfly in France in a dormitory in an old Pyrenean quarry.

A rare species of owlfly in France in a dormitory in an old Pyrenean quarry.

Meadow Fritillary resting on a scabious flower in a wet meadow.

Slender Burnet gathering nectar of a sainfoin flower in a wet meadow.

An aberrant Provençal Short-tailed Blue, the line of points of the forewing is almost completely absent, posed in a wet meadow.

Bumblebee gathering nectar of a scabious flower in a wet meadow.

Small Blue resting in an old career

Bath White resting on a path.

Amanda's Blue resting near a Pyrenean road.

knotted crane's-bill in bloom.

Cliff mining bee female resting on a lady's cushion in bloom in a meadow. Catalan Pyrenees, France.

Cliff mining bee female resting on a lady's cushion in bloom in a meadow. Catalan Pyrenees, France.

Southern Swallowtail gathering nectar of a scabious flower. Catalan Pyrenees, France.

Great Sooty Satyr male gathering nectar of a scabious flower. Catalan Pyrenees, France.

Escher's Blue male resting on a stonecrop in bloom. Catalan Pyrenees, France.

Dark Green Fritillary female gathering nectar of a betony flower in a meadow. Catalan Pyrenees, France.

Dark Green Fritillary female gathering nectar of carnations in bloom in a meadow. Catalan Pyrenees, France.

Dark Green Fritillary female resting on a betony flower in a meadow. Catalan Pyrenees, France.