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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.

Aricia agestis

Brown Argus resting in a wet meadow.

Melanargia galathea

Marbled White resting on a coneflower in my garden.

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.

Gonepteryx rhamni

Brimstone gathering nectar of a Wood Scabious flower in a wet meadow.

Ferdinandea cuprea

Ferdinandea cuprea female gathering nectar of a poppy flower in my garden.

Ferdinandea cuprea

Ferdinandea cuprea female gathering nectar of a poppy flower in my garden.

Aricia agestis

Brown Argus resting on a common bracken in a wet meadow..

Calopteryx xanthostoma

Yellow-tailed Demoiselle male resting on a common bracken in a wet meadow.

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.

Colias crocea

Clouded yellow resting on a California poppy flower in my garden.

Colias crocea

Clouded yellow resting on a California poppy flower in my garden.

Tettigonia viridissima

A Great Green Bush-Cricket male cleans one of its antennae on sedge in a wet meadow.

Hoplia coerulea

Hoplia coerulea male resting on a scabious flower in a wet meadow.

Lycaena phlaeas

Small Coppers mating in a wet meadow.

Melitaea athalia

Heath Fritillary resting on a buttercup flower in a wet meadow.

Pseudopanthera macularia

A speckled yellow resting on a flower of sunflower in my garden.

Euphydryas aurinia

Mating of Marsh fritillaries on a young eagle fern in a wet meadow.

Chrysotoxum bicinctum

An hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum) resting 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.

Ochlodes sylvanus

Large Skipper male resting on a Cupid's dart. Drôme, France.

Ochlodes sylvanus

Large Skipper male gathering nectar of a flower of Staehelina dubia.

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.

Vanessa atalanta

Red Admiral gathering nectar of zinnia flower in my garden. Limousin, France.

Vanessa atalanta

Red Admiral chrysalis hanging from a nettle leaf. Limousin, France.

Papilio machaon

A little swallowtail caterpillar eating an umbellifera stem in my garden.

Zygaena lavandulae

White-collared Burnet resting in a calcareous meadow. Luberon, France.

Glaucopsyche alexis

Green-Underside Blue resting on grass in a meadow. Drôme, France.

Zygaena transalpina

Zygaena transalpina mating on a grass where they will spend a romantic night. Gard, France.

Zygaena transalpina

This Zygaena transalpina chose its perch for the night. Gard, France.

Zygaena transalpina

Zygaena transalpina resting on a plantain. Gard, France.

Melitaea didyma

Spotted Fritillary resting on a plantain in a meadow. Gard, France.

Polyommatus icarus

Common Blue male resting on a sedge in a wet meadow.

Inachis io

European Peacock soaking up the sun on a dry fern in a wet meadow.

Lycaena tityrus

Sooty Copper resting on a blade of grass in a wet meadow.

Hemaris fuciformis

Broad-bordered bee hawk-moth female resting on lemon verbena in my greenhouse.

Hemaris fuciformis

Broad-bordered bee hawk-moth female resting on lemon verbena in my greenhouse.

Hemaris fuciformis

Broad-bordered bee hawk-moth female resting on lemon verbena in my greenhouse.

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 resting on a violet flower in a wet meadow.

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.

Ephippiger Sp.

Saddle-backed Bush Cricket male in a meadow. Diois, France.

Polyommatus icarus

Common Blue male resting in a meadow. Diois, France.

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.

Lysandra sp.

Female of Polyommatus bellargus, coridon ou hispana resting on lavender. Diois, France.