Large Marsh Grasshopper female discovered near a stream, it lacks a hind leg, which greatly facilitated the approach. Limousin, France.
Green Leek Grasshopper male resting on an oak leaf in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
The genus Ceratina are small carpenter bees, which nest and hibernate sometimes in the hollow stems of plants such as wild angelica or hemp agrimony which are very present in my meadow. They are foraging all kinds of flowers, this male gathers a scabious wood in my wet meadow. Limousin, France.
The genus Ceratina are small carpenter bees, which nest and hibernate sometimes in the hollow stems of plants such as wild angelica or hemp agrimony which are very present in my meadow. They are foraging all kinds of flowers, this male gathers a scabious wood in my wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Mating pair of Silver-spotted Skippers on a shrub in an alpine meadow. Poyols, Drôme, France.
A caterpillar of Spotted Fritillary coming to shedding its skin. Above, the remains of its exoskeleton, its exuviae. Limousin, France.
A caterpillar of Spotted Fritillary coming to shedding its skin. Above, the remains of its exoskeleton, its exuviae. Limousin, France.
Provençal Short-tailed Blue resting on a blade of grass. Calcareous hill near Villefranche de Rouergue in Aveyron.
A female nymph of Sickle-bearing bush-cricket eating a flower of creeping thistle. Calcareous hill near Villefranche de Rouergue in Aveyron.
Apollo female foraging hemp agrimony flowers along a car parking in a mountain pass of Catalan Pyrenees.
Apollo female foraging hemp agrimony flowers along a car parking in a mountain pass of Catalan Pyrenees.
Slender Burnets mating under a round-headed leek in bloom on a calcareous hillside. The female, right, has clearer wings than the male.
Zygaena transalpina resting on round-headed leek in bloom on a calcareous hillside.