The maximum temperature in the Charente today is 33⁰C, minimum 16⁰C.
12 - 26 km/h North winds. The next fortnight is expected to get even hotter, with Tuesday at 38⁰C, storms forecast. Wednesday and Thursday, but that might not happen. The lawn is brown and burnt, as are the wildflowers, but of course, the weeds we do not want are thriving!! The vegetable garden is struggling.
Birds Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Lotier corniculé.
Rosemary Beetle (Chrysolina Americana), Chrysomèle du Romarin.
Creeping Cinquefoil with beetle (Variimorda-villosa), Mordelle veloutée à pointe.
Sweet William with Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus), Syrphe ceinturé.
Cricket Bat Orb Weaver (Mangora acalypha) has caught its breakfast. Mangore petite-bouteille.
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), Grosbec Cassenoyaux with House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), Moineau Domestique in the background.
Male and female Hawfinches.
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria), Tircis.
Top : Love in a Mist, Cherries, Clematis.
Bottom : Hydrangea, Loganberry, Comfrey.
Cricket Bat Orb Weaver (Mangora acalypha), Mangore petite-bouteille.
Adela australis is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths.
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) Grosbec Cassenoyaux.
Scorpion Fly (Panorpa communis) Mouche scorpion The scorpion-like tail is only seen in the male and is in fact its genitalia - and doesn't sting!
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth (Hemaris tityus) Sphinx bourdon.
Hawfinch male and female...
As above.
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) with a Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus), Pigeon ramier. Not a great photo, but it gives the idea of the size difference. Sparrows and a Chaffinch in the background.
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) female. Pic épeiche.
Rhododendron - Sweet William - Peony.
Rose - Love in a Mist with lavender - Day Lily.
I am sure it is a Saitis Banner-legged jumping Spider, Genus (Saitis), but I can go no further. It is about the size of two pin heads!!
Day Lily with bug (Horistus orientalis) it is a species of plant bugs, part of the suborder Heteroptera (also called "true bugs"), which belongs to the family Miridae,
Wildflowers - Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) - Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis), Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris) - Bladder campion, White Cockle or maiden tears (Silene vulgaris).
More wild flowers. I am not certain of ID’s, but I am guessing at Oxeye daisies, buttercups and red and white clover.
Oedemera nobilis, also known as the false oil beetle, thick-legged flower beetle or swollen-thighed beetle. This will be a male; the female does not have such swollen legs, Oedémère noble.
Now the end of June and these photos are still from May!!!
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