Bios Photo 10/2023

Crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) on a snow-covered branch, Mont Ventoux, Provence, France

Female Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator) laying eggs. Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park. France

Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes) 2nd generation females on knapweed - Digital composition - Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Pasque flower (Anemone pulsatilla) flowers, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) and large Skipper (Ochlodes venatus) on knapweed (Centaurea jacea) - Digital composition - Vosges du Nord Regional Na...

Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) on Badassi (Lotus dorycnium) - Digital composition - Mont Ventoux, Provence, France

Common Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) foraging on the beach - Digital composition - Walsrode Ornithological Park, Germany

Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) in flight - Digital composition - Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) males in flight - digital composition - Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) male. Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

American copper (Lycaena phlaeas) on aster. Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park. France

Handsome Clubtail (Onychogomphus forcipatus) on a rock. Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Clossiana euphrosyne) on flowers, Serre-Chevalier, Hautes-Alpes, France

Scarce Chaser (Libelulla fulva) on a twig, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Welted Lesser Masson Bee (Hoplitis claviventris) on lavender flowers. Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Orange-vented Mason Bee (Osmia leaiana) female on knapweed, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Black and yellow mud dauber (Sceliphron caementarium) collecting mud - native to North America - Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) in a blackthorn tree - Digital composition - Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Plage de la Mine d'Or, Golfe de la Vilaine à Pénestin, Brittany, France

Spider Wasp (Auplopus carbonarius) capturing a spider. Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Serotine (Eptesicus serotinus) hunting. Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Male Clearwing moth (Chamaesphecia empiformis) on mint flowers. Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Male Clearwing moth (Chamaesphecia empiformis) on mint flowers. Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) on a mudflat at low tide, Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany, France

Large Skipper (Ochlodes venatus) on thistle. Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Hobo spider (Eratigena agrestis) capturing a Bath White (Pontia daplidice). Mont Ventoux, Provence, France

Female knapweed tephrite (Terellia tussilaginis) on Fleabane (Erigeron annuus). Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Female Leaf-cutting baee (Megachile pilidens) carrying a leaf cut out of her gallery, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on gypsophila flowers, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Female Wilke's Mining-bee (Andrena wilkella) on Bird's-foot (Ornithopus perpusillus), Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Hairy footed flower bee (Anthophora plumipes) male, Mont Ventoux, Provence, France

Anthrax (Anthrax varius) mating, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) pair on mint flowers, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Dark Bumble Bee (Eucera nigrescens) female on vetch, Mont Ventoux, Provence, France

Runoff nets on a sandy beach, Brittany, France

Snowmelt in the Clarée valley in spring. Rochers de la Main de Crépin, Massif des Cerces, Alps, France

Mason wasp (Parodontodynerus sp) harvesting mud, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Great banded furrow-bee (Halictus scabiosae) male in an aster flower, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

House martins (Delichon urbica) in flight - Digital composition - Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Alfalfa leafcutter bee (Megachile rotundata) female on birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Alfalfa leafcutter (Megachile rotundata) male on mint, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Digger wasp (Oxybelus haemorrhoidalis) female bringing a fly into her gallery, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Prionyx (Prionyx kirbii) backfilling its gallery with pebbles, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Prionyx (Prionyx kirbii) carrying a cricket to its gallery, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

Hairy flower wasp (Scolia hirta) on a scabiosa, Mont Ventoux, Provence, France

Springtime Clarée spring. Rochers de la Main de Crépin, Massif des Cerces, Alps, France

Short-toed Snake-Eagle (Circaetus gallicus) with a prey item, arriving in flight at its feeding ground, Pays de la Loire, France

Pine marten (Martes martes) walking on a log, France

Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra) on a branch, France

Eastern black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca) male on a stake