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.
Silver-spotted Skipper male gathering nectar of a Shining Scabious flower in an alpine meadow of Vercors.
Silver-spotted Skipper male gathering nectar of a Shining 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.
Silver-spotted Skipper female gathering nectar of tuberous thistle in an alpine meadow of Vercors.
Silver-spotted Skipper female gathering nectar of tuberous thistle in an alpine meadow of Vercors.
Silver-spotted Skipper female gathering nectar of tuberous thistle in an alpine meadow of Vercors.
Silver-spotted Skipper gathering nectar of a pincushion flower in a meadow of Vercors.
Caterpillar of a mountain moth (Cucullia lucifuga) in an alpine meadow. Vercors, France.
Dark Green Fritillary gathering nectar from a flower of Tuberous Thistle in an alpine meadow.
Mating pair of Marbled White butterflies on a scabious flower in an alpine meadow. Vercors, France.
Gold Spangle female resting on a flower of Fringed Pink in an alpine meadow. Vercors, France.
Mating pair of Small Skippers in an alpine meadow. Col de Lachau, Vercors, France.
Green Mountain Grasshoppers mating on scabious flower in an alpine meadow.