Bios Photo 10/2023

Red beetle (Lygistopterus sanguineus) on a flower before flight, dead wood insect, Ansauville, Foręt de la Reine, Lorraine, France

Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) on Fireweed (Epilobium augustifolium), Lispach peat bog, Chajoux Valley, Vosges, France

Solitary bee (Andrena sp) collecting a flower of flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus), banks of the Meurthe, Nancy, Lorraine, France

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) collecting a flower of flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus), banks of the Meurthe, Nancy, Lorraine, France

Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) male displayng in flight, dead arm of the Rhine, La Wantnzenau, Robertsau forest, Alsace, France

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) collecting a flower of flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus), banks of the Meurthe, Nancy, Lorraine, France

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) collecting a flower of flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus), banks of the Meurthe, Nancy, Lorraine, France

Parasitic fungus: Clematis rust (Puccinia persistens =ex Aecidium clematidis), Mycocecidia on Old Man Beard (Clematis vitalba), reserve de l'ile du Ro...

Sevenspotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) on a bluebell flower, hautes chaumes, Le Hohneck La Bresse, Vosges, France

Red ant on spotted orchid flowers (Dactylorhiza maculata maculata), high stubble fields, Le Hohneck La Bresse, Vosges ridge, France

Great banded furrow-bee (Halictus scabiosae) taking off from a Montpellier thistle (Cirsium monspessulanum), Jean-Marie Pelt Botanical Garden, Nancy,...

Spotted orchid flowers (Dactylorhiza maculata maculata), high stubble fields, Grand Ballon, Vosges, France

Paper Wasp (Polistes sp) on Blue Thistle (Echinops ritro), Jean-Marie Pelt Botanical Garden, Nancy, Lorraine, France

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on Great Hairy Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum), Jean-Marie Pelt Botanical Garden, Nancy, Lorraine, France

Garden Chafer (Phyllopertha horticola) on a flower of European bistort (Bistorta officinalis, Grand Ballon Vosges, France

Great crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) on a conifer branch, Vosges, France

Great crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) feeding, Vosges, France

Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) sticky trap, Lispach peat bog, Chajoux Valley, Vosges, France

Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) male foraging on lavender, Bouxières-aux-Dames, Lorraine, France

Sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) flower

Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) N. America. Catalina state park. Arizona

Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) N. America. Catalina state park. Arizona

Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) N. America. Catalina state park. Arizona

Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) chicks on nest, N. America. Catalina state park. Arizona

Cooper?s hawk (Accipiter cooperii) attacking a photographer who came close to the nest. Catalina state park. Arizona

Mohave Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans candida), Panamint mountains. California

Mohave Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans candida), Panamint mountains. California

Coyote melon , Coyote gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima), Near San Simon, Arizona

Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), Mojave national reserve. California. S.W. USA, N.W. Mexico

Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), Mojave national reserve. California. S.W. USA, N.W. Mexico

Black-tailed rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus), Young, Chiricahua mountains. Arizona.

Black-tailed rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus), Young, Chiricahua mountains. Arizona.

Black-tailed rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus), Young, Chiricahua mountains. Arizona.

Black-tailed rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus), Young, Chiricahua mountains. Arizona.

Mohave Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans candida), Panamint mountains. California

Mohave Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans candida), Panamint mountains. California

Dune Primrose, Birdcage Evening-primrose (Oenothera deltoides), Mojave national preserve. Californie.

Esatern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger). San Diego, California, Invasiv species E. USA Introduced in California.

Esatern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger). San Diego, California, Invasiv species E. USA Introduced in California.

Esatern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger). San Diego, California, Invasiv species E. USA Introduced in California.

Algodones Dunes S.E. California

Serpent-roi de Californie. California kingsnake. Lampropeltis california. S.W. USA.

Round-Tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum), Near San Simon, Arizona

Round-Tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum) Near San Simon, Arizona.

Round-Tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum) Near San Simon, Arizona.

Round-Tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum)portrait, Near San Simon, Arizona.

Mojave indigo bush (Psorothamnus arborescens) in bloom, Mojave national reserve, California.

Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) N. America. Catalina state park. Arizona

Copper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) attacking a person approaching the nest, Catalina state park, Arizona

Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus) juvenile on a branch, Isère, France