An hoverfly, a Tapered Drone Fly female gathering nectar of a wood anemone flower near a forest. Limousin, France.
Hairy Footed Flower Bee male gathering nectar of Purple Dead-nettle flowers in my garden.
A little sawfly resting on sedge stem beside a small stream in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
First outing of the season for the Asian ladybug. It inspects the plants in my garden in search of prey. Limousin, France.
First outing of the season for the Asian ladybug. It inspects the plants in my garden in search of prey. Limousin, France.
A violet carpenter bee male preparing to take flight from apple mint in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
A violet carpenter bee male gathering nectar of hemp-agrimony flowers in a wet meadow. limousin, France.
A violet carpenter bee male resting on a bramble leaf near the forest. limousin, France.
Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp, a small wasp of the family Crabonidae. Adults are floricolous but the larvae are carnivorous. This is why the female catch of small Hymenoptera, it paralyzes them and lock them into galleries with eggs; the larvae will eat well. Limousin, France.
Scoliid wasp female gathering nectar of apple mint flowers in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Scoliid wasp female gathering nectar of apple mint flowers in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
A Cimbicid Sawfly resting on a leaf nettle in the garden. Limousin, France. I photographed the larvae of this species in 2011 just a few meters.
A Cimbicid Sawfly resting on a leaf nettle in the garden. Limousin, France. I photographed the larvae of this species in 2011 just a few meters.
Mining Bee male resting on a fern in a wet meadow bordering forest. Limousin, France.
Cuckoo Bee asleep, hanging by its mandibles at a sprig of dry sedge. Limousin, France.
Chrysotoxum cautum female gathering nectar of a flax flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Chrysotoxum cautum female gathering nectar of a flax flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Bumblebee Hoverfly female gathering nectar of an oxeye daisy flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Hornet Mimic Hoverfly female gathering nectar of zinnia flower in my garden. Limousin, France.
Hornet Mimic Hoverfly female gathering nectar of zinnia flower in my garden. Limousin, France.
Hornet Mimic Hoverfly female gathering nectar of zinnia flower in my garden. Limousin, France.
Volucelle vide femelle butinant de la menthe à feuilles rondes dans une prairie humide. Limousin, France...A large hoverfly female, gathering nectar of apple mint flowers in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Volucella inanis, a large hoverfly female, gathering nectar of Hemp-agrimony flowers. in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Long Hoverflies mating, the female is on the right and Long Hoverflies mating, the female is on the right and the male on the left, in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Long Hoverflies mating, the male is on the right and the female on the left, in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
