Beautiful Hook-tip resting on a leag along a forest path. The caterpillar feeds tree lichens. Drôme, France.
Jordanita sp. male resting on a Blue Aphyllanthes flower. This little moth is a zyganidae moth and Procrinidae subfamily. This subfamily is composed of closely related species indistinguishable from a photograph.
Chrysotoxum cautum female gathering nectar of a Blue Aphyllanthes flower. Diois, France.
Chrysotoxum cautum female gathering nectar of a Blue Aphyllanthes flower. Diois, France.
A hoverfly (Scaeva selenitica) male resting on a conifer branch in marl. Diois, Drome, France.
A hoverfly (Scaeva selenitica) male resting on a conifer branch in marl. Diois, Drome, France.
The Owly Sulphur as its name suggests is usually yellow. Few individuals, as this male, can be white, which somewhat complicates their identification, because then they can be confused with a closely related species, a white Owlfly (Libelloides lacteus). Vercors, France.
Pearl-bordered Fritillary resting, its wings outstretched, atop a shrub branch along a forest path.
Pearl-bordered Fritillary resting, its wings outstretched, atop a shrub branch along a forest path.