07/07/2019 More bugs from our last holiday

Maximum temperature today 30C, minimum 17C.  Dry.  10km/h North-easterly winds with gusts up to 25 km/h.  

Still many unknowns, ID is not easy !!!

Fritillary Butterfly but not sure which one....

As above...

As above.

Beetle, possibly one of the longhorns.

Unknown.

White tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris / lucorum).

Provençal fritillary (Melitaea deione)...

As above...

As above...

Pearly heath (Coenonympha arcania)...

As above.

Provençal fritillary (Melitaea deione)...

As above...

As above...

One of the Fritillaries, not sure which, on a buttercup.

Damselfly...

As above.

Moth, I think one of the Geometer moths...

As above...

As above.

Shield bug (Graphosoma italicum).

See also my Bird blog 

and My life In the Charente

25/07/2018 A few more photos from the week away. Too hot for the insects here they are all in hiding

Maximum temperature today 32C, minimum 17C.  Dry; 9 km/h North-easterly winds with up to 22 km/h gusts.  

The car reading today was 37C!

Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea)

Common blue (I think) (Polyommatus icarus) ...

As above...

As above - female.

Cosmos with a little bug.

Cow parsley with bugs.

Cranesbill.

Dandelion and bee.

I think this moth may be a Geometer but........

Marbled whites at play.

N.B. My bird blog is updated  HERE 

Part 18 of the birds seen in Africa.