Vendoire, Charente, France - August 2013 (Part 3)

The final round of photos from my recent trip to south-west France.

Dragons and Damselflies

Keeled Skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens)

Les Tourbières de Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)

Les Tourbières de Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

 

Broad Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea)

Les Tourbières de Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

Western Demoiselle (Calopteryx xanthostoma)
Les Tourbières de Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

Willow Emerald (Lestes viridis)  
Les Tourbières de Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

Butterflies

Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus)

Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

Map (araschnia levana) 

Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros)

Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

Comma (Polygonia c-album)

Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)

Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia)

Villebois-Lavalette, Charente, France, August 2013

We saw a few of these and my daughter found a seemingly dead specimen in the long grass beside the town's castle. No butterflies were harmed during the making of this blog... ;-)

Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)

Les Tourbières de Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)

Les Tourbières de Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

Dryad (Minois dryas)

Les Tourbières de Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

Moths

Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth (Hemaris fuciformis)

Champagne, Charente, France, August 2013

Jersey Tiger Moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria)

Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)

Villebois-Lavalette, Charente, France, August 2013

Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)

Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

Rosy Footman (Miltochrista miniata)

Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

Other insects and Spiders

Large Conehead (Ruspolia nitidula)

Les Tourbières de Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

Field Cricket (Ruspolia nitidula)

Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

 Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)

Les Tourbières de Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013

 Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) 

Champagne, Charente, France, August 2013

Wasp Spider - Argiope bruennichi
Les Tourbières de Vendoire, Charente, France, August 2013