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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 no longer has wool to protect himself from insects, he uses the repulsive properties of ferns in rolling it in every morning.

Brown Argus resting in a wet meadow.

Marbled White resting on a coneflower in my garden.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of a flower of a crown daisy in my garden.

Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of a flower of a crown daisy in my garden.

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

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

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

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

Small Coppers mating in a wet meadow.

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

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

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

An hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum) resting in a wet meadow.

A Black-veined White female resting on a Wood Scabious flower not far from a bug larva in a wet meadow.

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

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

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.

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.

A Black-veined White female gathering nectar of a Wood Scabious flower with Nemophora metallica in a wet meadow.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

An Orange Tip male resting on a violet flower in a wet meadow.

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.

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

Chrysotoxum female gathering nectar of a nothern globe-thistle in a meadow. Diois, France.

Saddle-backed Bush Cricket female on a southern globe-thistle in bloom in a meadow. Diois, France.