The maximum temperature in the Charente today was 14⁰C, minimum 9⁰C. 90% rain is forecast for today. A North/West wind of 33km/h with gusts up to 63km/h.
I just liked this cloud!
Sunset.
Fly ! Possibly Dexia rustica but not sure
Orchid
Orchids, they did well this year
House flower, (Kalanchoe).
Wild chicory (Cichorium intybus).
Jersey Tiger Moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria).
Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria).
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)....
As above...
As above.
Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) and Holly Blue butterfly (Celastrina argiolus).
Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)....
As above
BumbleBee (Bombus lucorum) on the lavender.
If you look closely there are 3 bees involved here with pumpkin pollination.
Clematis and here ends the best of August's photos.
Calendula.
Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album).
A stormy sunset.
Belle de Nuit, Night Beauty or 4 o'clock Flower (Mirabilis jalapa L)....
As above, just a change of colour.
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) female.
Another sunset
Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera).
Small white butterfly (Pieris rapae) male.
Male house Sparrow taking a bath (Passer domesticus).
Pampas grass.
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Flower Crab Spider also called Goldenrod Crab Spider. French name: Thomise variable, (Misumena vatia)
Yep, another bee....
as above.
I think this may be a Small White butterfly female, but I am not convinced with the green tinge!
Southern sickle-bearing bush-cricket (Phaneroptera falcata) I think, it is on a Calendula flower.
As above.
The Winter daffodil also called an Autumn crocus (Sternbergia lutea),
Grasshopper (Calliptamus barbarus).
A late sunflower with what I think is a hoverfly.
I think this is also a Bush-cricket but at a different stage of development than the ones above. I am happy to have other suggestions.
This is the best of what was left of August and all of September but life seems to keep getting in the way of blogging. I do though put a daily photo on blipfoto.com under the name of Charente, if you have never tried it take a look it is a fabulous community.
Please note for some unknown reason google keeps changing what I type when I hit publish so forgive me if there are a few oddities that it will not let me add what I want.... if it lets me add this!!!!! 4th try!
I have redone the whole post to try and get it on without changes being made to what I have done. This could put me off blogging forever wasting my precious time. Diane
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