These are some photos from a walk we did near Yzeures-sur-Creuse on 1 July. [Link to Part I.]
Wild blackberries Rubus fruiticosus complex (Fr. les mûres).
We were quite surprised to find ripe, tasty blackberries so early.
Rampion Bellflower Campanula rapunculus (Fr. Campanule raiponce).
A carpenter ant worker Camponotus sp.
Until recently both sides of the track would have been lined with a ditch and a wild hedge like this forming the field boundary. This side remains intact...
Teneral (juvenile) male Common Darter dragonfly Sympetrum striolatum (Fr. le Sympétrum fascié).
The hedge has been grubbed up and the field converted from being mown for hay to being ploughed and sown with maize. This is a sad loss for the environment and for biodiversity.
Male Small Pincertail dragonfly Onychogomphus forcipatus (Fr. le Gomphe à forceps).
Fiery Clearwing moth Pyropteron chrysidiforme (Fr. la Sésie de l'Oseille).
The tumbling flower beetle Variimorda villosa (Fr. la Mordelle veloutée à pointe).
European Hornet Vespa crabro (Fr. le Frelon européene) gathering wood pulp from a burnt stump.
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6 comments:
Very nice couple of posts
And a very richly coloured Fiery Clearwing
Thank you. That clearwing was a nice one.
Ditto what Tim said.
Thanks.
Excellent tightly packed drupes on those blackberries - our hedgerow blackberries, although ripe, are rather disappointing, uneven sized drupes and some of the fruit only have about six or seven drupes - pollinators being very inefficient?
It seems to me that blackberries are greatly affected by hot dry weather.
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