Poyols and Jonchères - Dark marls of Diois - Drome, Rhone-Alpes

Common Blue male resting in a meadow. Diois, France.

Praying mantis female in resting on a globe-thistle in bloom. Diois, France.

Praying mantis female in resting on a globe-thistle in bloom. Diois, France.

Adonis Blue male resting on a carline thistle in bloom in a meadow. Diois, France.

Female of Polyommatus bellargus, coridon ou hispana gathering nectar of a Southern Globe-thistle in bloom. Diois, France.

Female of Polyommatus bellargus, coridon ou hispana gathering nectar of a Southern Globe-thistle in bloom. Diois, France.

Great Banded Furrow Bee female resting on a southern globe-thistle in a meadow. Diois, France.

Great Banded Furrow Bee female resting on a southern globe-thistle in a meadow. Diois, France.

Chrysotoxum female gathering nectar of a nothern globe-thistle in a meadow. Diois, France.

Chrysotoxum female gathering nectar of a nothern globe-thistle in a meadow. Diois, France.

Chrysotoxum female gathering nectar of a nothern globe-thistle in a meadow. Diois, France.

Great Banded Furrow Bee female gathering nectar of a southern globe-thistle dans une prairie. Diois, France.

Saddle-backed Bush Cricket female on a southern globe-thistle in bloom in a meadow. Diois, France.

Female of Polyommatus bellargus, coridon ou hispana resting on lavender. Diois, France.

Female of Polyommatus bellargus, coridon ou hispana resting dans une prairie. Diois, France.

Adonis Blue male gathering resting in a meadow. Diois, France.

Sooty Copper resting in a meadow. Diois, France.

Sooty Copper resting in a meadow. Diois, France.

Sooty Copper resting in a meadow. Diois, France.

Black-veined White female gathering nectar from tuberous thistle flower. Drôme, France.

Slender Burnet male resting on a dry plant in a calcareous meadow.

Large Blue cleaning its head on a flower of sainfoin.

Large Blue gathering nectar of a flower of sainfoin.

Large Blue gathering nectar of a flower of sainfoin.

Slender Burnet female resting on grass in a dry calcareous meadow.

Slender Burnets mating on a grass in an alpine meadow. The female has her wings lighter than the male.

Escher's Blue male resting on a shrub in a wasteland. Diois, France.

Escher's Blue male resting on a shrub in a wasteland. Diois, France.

Escher's Blue male resting on a shrub in a wasteland. Diois, France.

Large Skipper male resting on a Cupid's dart. Drôme, France.

Large Skipper male resting on a Cupid's dart. Drôme, France.

Silver-spotted Skipper resting on a scabious flower in an alpine meadow. Poyols, Drôme, France.

Mating pair of Silver-spotted Skippers on a shrub in an alpine meadow. Poyols, Drôme, France.

Mating pair of Silver-spotted Skippers on a shrub in an alpine meadow. Poyols, Drôme, France.

Young caterpillars of Small Emperor Moth eating a leaf of oak. Drôme, France.

Otites formosa resting on an orchid.