In my garden

Bracted Strawflower at the beginning of flowering in my garden.

California Poppy in bloom in my garden.

California Poppy in bloom in my garden.

Black-eyed Susan in bloom in my garden.

Brimstone gathering nectar of a Sweet William flower in my garden.

Painted lady female laying her eggs on a borage in my garden.

Painted lady female laying her eggs on a borage in my garden.

A Great Green Bush-Cricket male resting on a borage leaf in my garden.

Lesser Purple Emperor resting on my finger and foraging my sweat. I had just taken him out of the garden greenhouse where he was damaging his wings.

Brimstone gathering nectar of a Sweet William flower in my garden.

Dimorphoteca "Las Vegas" in bloom in my garden.

A swallowtail caterpillar eating a lovage stem in my garden.

A Long Hoverfly female gathering nectar of a pink flower in my garden.

Lesser Purple Emperor resting in my garden.

Lesser Purple Emperor resting in my garden.

Lesser Purple Emperor resting on mint in my garden.

Pyropteron chrysidiformis, a little moth, resting in my garden.

A cream-spot tiger resting on my door and that I have moved away from my cats on a California Poppy in my garden.

A cream-spot tiger resting on my door and that I have moved away from my cats on a California Poppy in my garden.

Cupid's paintbrush flowers in my garden.

Flowers of Nasturtium 'Troika Spotty Dotty' in my garden.

Cosmos 'Psyche' in bloom in my garden.

Southern White Admiral gathering nectar of a flower of my daisies on stem (Argyranthemum frutescens) in my garden.

Tachinid Fly male gathering nectar of a flower of my daisies on stem (Argyranthemum frutescens) in my garden.

Sombre Goldenring dragonfly male resting in my garden.

Broad-bodied Chaser male resting on a tomato stake in my garden.

Scarce Swallowtail gathering nectar of sage flowers in my garden.

Scarce Swallowtail gathering nectar of sage flowers in my garden.

ellow-bellied Toad taking a sunbath in the small pond that we have just set up in our garden. A visitor so rare that I had never seen him around.

Yellow-bellied Toad taking a sunbath in the small pond that we have just set up in our garden. A visitor so rare that I had never seen him around.

Yellow-bellied Toad taking a sunbath in the small pond that we have just set up in our garden. A visitor so rare that I had never seen him around.

Lime Hawk Moth resting on my front door and moved up on a plant of Clarkia in my garden.

Lime Hawk Moth resting on my front door and moved up on a plant of Clarkia in my garden.

Lime Hawk Moth resting on my front door and moved up on a plant of Clarkia in my garden.

European Paper Wasp female gathering nectar of a strawberry flower in the greenhouse of my garden.

Pommier en fleurs dans mon verger...Apple tree in bloom in my orchard.

Conops vesicularis is a small fly of the thick-headed flies family. I found this male enjoying the warmth of my greenhouse. The larvae of this species are endoparasites of large Hymenoptera such as carpenter bees or hornets including Asian hornet. By weakening and killing the queen, they weaken and destroy the swarm.

Map resting on a blade of grass in my garden.

Holly Blue resting on a blade of grass in a wet meadow.

Orange Tip male resting on speedwell in my garden.

First visit in my greenhouse. This Green Veined White seems to enjoy the pleasant temperature of this place.

Brimstone gathering nectar of Purple Deadnettle flowers in my garden.

A little mining bee female gathering nectar of a common speedwell in my garden.

A little mining bee female gathering nectar of a common speedwell in my garden.