Speckled wood butterfly - Pararge aegeria

Pictures from a French garden, summer 2019

Brimstone, Dordogne, France

Common Blue, Dordogne, France

Honey Bee, Dordogne, France

Humming Bird Hawk Moth, Dordogne, France

Jumping Spider, Dordogne, France

Marbled White, Dordogne, France

Mating Common Blue, Dordogne, France

Mating Heath Fritillary, Dordogne, France

Mating Large Blue, Dordogne, France

Mating Spotted Fritillary, Dordogne, France

Mating Spotted Fritillary, Dordogne, France

Mating Robber Flies, Dordogne, France

Spotted Fritillary, Dordogne, France

Speckled wood

Ireland's Wildlife

Burren in Bloom

The Burren is in full bloom with a spectacular display of Gentians, Mountain Avens and Hoary Rock Rose alongside the more common spring flowers. The unusually early spring with weeks of warm sunny days has resulted in one of the best floral displays for many years.

Gentian


Early Purple Orchid


Cuckoo Flower


Wild Goats





Lesser Butterfly Orchid


Primrose


Wood White

Male Orange Tip Butterfly

Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)

Garden Blooms

Lough Cahasey, Co. Mayo.

Common Blue (Pollyommatus icarus)

Variable Damselfly (Coenagrion pulchellum)