The typical form of a Lesser Purple Emperor male with its white stripes. Placed in the sun on the front porch, he gathers the perspiration that it finds on the shoe. At this time of year the males look for minerals that allow them to attract females.
A Lesser Purple Emperor male sucks the sweat of shoes he found on my porch. At this time of year the males look for minerals that will help them attract females.
A Lesser Purple Emperor male sucks the sweat of shoes he found on my porch. At this time of year the males look for minerals that will help them attract females..
A female hoverfly resting on a tomato plant in my garden. A species that is particularly welcome because adults are pollinators and larvae are aphidophagous and therefore eat aphids.
A female hoverfly resting on a tomato plant in my garden. A species that is particularly welcome because adults are pollinators and larvae are aphidophagous and therefore eat aphids.
Large Tortoiseshell so busy on wood ash that left me approach without my presence does not disturb its tranquility. Limousin, France.
Large Tortoiseshell so busy on wood ash that left me approach without my presence does not disturb its tranquility. 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.
Clifden Nonpareil attracted by light at night and in the morning found outside my door. Limousin, France.
Clifden Nonpareil attracted by light at night and in the morning found outside my door. Limousin, France.
Clifden Nonpareil attracted by light at night and in the morning found outside my door. Limousin, France.
Clifden Nonpareil attracted by light at night and in the morning found outside my door. Limousin, France.
Southern green stink bug larva sunbathing on a leaf in my garden. These bugs are climate refugees, they come to us from Africa and they love our tomatoes, cucumbers, beans that they bite with their rostrum to suck the juices.
A Leaf-cutter bee female gathering nectar of a cosmos flower in my garden. Limousin, France.
European wool carder bee female scraping hair from leaf. then she will carry this hair bundled beneath her body to be used as a nest lining. Limousin, France.
Meadow Brown female gathering nectar of a 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.
Hornet Mimic Hoverfly female gathering nectar of zinnia flower in my garden. Limousin, France.
