A rare female hoverfly (Eriozona syrphoides) foraging a Shining Scabious flower in an alpine meadow in the Vercors.
They live in spruce forests and feed in the grasslands that border them. Larvae feed on aphids.
A rare female hoverfly (Eriozona syrphoides) foraging a Shining Scabious flower in an alpine meadow in the Vercors.
They live in spruce forests and feed in the grasslands that border them. Larvae feed on aphids.
A rare female hoverfly (Eriozona syrphoides) foraging a Shining Scabious flower in an alpine meadow in the Vercors.
They live in spruce forests and feed in the grasslands that border them. Larvae feed on aphids.
A Plain Golden Hoverfly female, a rare species, gathering nectar of a scabious flower in an alpine meadow of Vercors.
A Plain Golden Hoverfly female, a rare species, gathering nectar of a scabious flower in an alpine meadow of Vercors.
Chloromyia are small flat flies with metallic reflections. Adults are pollinators antd the larvae feed on decaying plant debris.
Common Red-legged Robberfly resting on a blade of grass in a small valley near the Baths of Digne-les-Bains.
Common Red-legged Robberfly resting on a blade of grass in a small valley near the Baths of Digne-les-Bains.
A picture-winged fly resting on a leaf. Butterflies area of the Musée Promenade of Digne-les-Bains.
Mating of Picture-winged flies in a shrub at the edge of a path near the ammonite slab of Digne-les-Bains.
.Mating of Picture-winged flies in a shrub at the edge of a path near the ammonite slab of Digne-les-Bains.
Mating of Picture-winged flies in a shrub at the edge of a path near the ammonite slab of Digne-les-Bains.
Mating of Picture-winged flies in a shrub at the edge of a path near the ammonite slab of Digne-les-Bains.
A robberfly and its prey, a tiny beetle, resting on a leaf around the lake of Sainte-Croix.