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Yalla
Yalla grows up, he just celebrated his 3 months. He loses for the first time his wool but more slowly than his parents which allows the new wool to start to grow. It is thus better protected from flies and horseflies that strong annoy adults who have no wool at all at that time.
Sultan
Sultan no longer has wool to protect himself from insects, he uses the repulsive properties of ferns in rolling it in every morning.
Melanargia galathea
Mating pair of Marbled White butterflies on a yarrow flower in a wet meadow. The male on the right is typical, bet the female on the left has an aberrant form, we see only traces of eyespots which are usually visible.
Papilio machaon
Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of a flower of a crown daisy in my garden.
Papilio machaon
Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of a flower of a crown daisy in my garden.
Tettigonia viridissima
A Great Green Bush-Cricket male cleans one of its antennae on sedge in a wet meadow.
Aporia crataegi / Deraeocoris ruber
A Black-veined White female resting on a Wood Scabious flower not far from a bug larva in a wet meadow.
Epicallia villica
A cream-spot tiger resting on my door and that I have moved away from the claws of my little predators on a persian jewel.
Epicallia villica
A cream-spot tiger resting on my door and that I have moved away from the claws of my little predators on a persian jewel.
Aporia crataegi
A Black-veined White female gathering nectar of a Wood Scabious flower with Nemophora metallica in a wet meadow.
Zygaena transalpina
Zygaena transalpina mating on a grass where they will spend a romantic night. Gard, France.
Anthocharis cardamines
An Orange Tip female came to visit my greenhouse, as she did not find the exit, I took it on my finger to bring it out after taking some photos.
Anthocharis cardamines
An Orange Tip male came to visit my greenhouse, as he did not find the exit, I took it on my finger to bring it out.
Chrysotoxum sp.
Chrysotoxum female gathering nectar of a nothern globe-thistle in a meadow. Diois, France.
Ephippiger Sp.
Saddle-backed Bush Cricket female on a southern globe-thistle in bloom in a meadow. Diois, France.