A Blister Beetle eating a Salsify flower in a calcareous grassland. Diois, France.
A Black-veined White gathering nectar of a Wood Scabious (Knautia maxima) flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
A Black-veined White gathering nectar of a Wood Scabious (Knautia maxima) flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Black-veined White female gathering nectar from tuberous thistle flower. Drôme, France.
A female of Black-veined White lays its eggs under a leaf of a shrub. Limousin, France.
A female of Black-veined White lays its eggs under a leaf of a shrub. Limousin, France.
A hoverfly female gathering nectar an umbelliferous flower around the castle of Allymes. Ain, France.
Hornet Mimic Hoverfly female resting on a shrub in a calcareous rocky slope. Murel, Lot, France.
A nice hoverfly female that resembles a wasp with tabanid eyesforaging scabious flower in an alpine meadow. Col de Lachau, Vercors, France.
Xanthogramma pedissequum male resting on a blade of grass in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Chrysotoxum cautum female gathering nectar of a Blue Aphyllanthes flower. Diois, France.
Provence Chalk-hill Blue mating on a grass in a wasteland bordering the Drôme. The male on the left is aberrant, layout and shape of the points of the forewing are different than they should be in this species. These variations can be caused by genetic origins or environmental stress suffered during the development of the caterpillar or during its pupation.
The Mother Shipton Moth is a moth that has daytime activities, particularly like chalk grasslands where it is often found but also frequents wet natural meadows well exposed. As here, where he exhibited his wings in the sun, posed in vegetation which is still covered with morning dew. Limousin, France.
Clifden Nonpareil attracted by light at night and in the morning found outside my door. Limousin, France.