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.
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.
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.
A Great Green Bush-Cricket male cleans one of its antennae on sedge 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.