Wednesday, July 23, 2008

colour in France 8 sheep's-bit


some sort of sheep's bit showing the sepal tube with blue strap like petals and the minute delicate white stigma
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colour in France 7 pinks


aptly named pinks, but I am not sure which one
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colour in France 6 burnet moths


transparent (now why call them transparent?) spot burnet moths having a good time on yarrow
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colour in France 5 short tailed ichneumon wasp


everyone loves a good bug picture, I am just glad this short (!) tailed ichneumon wasp does not prey on dogs.
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colour in France 4 knapweed

rayed knapweed
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colour in France 3 fritillary


Some sort of fritillary feeding on wild thyme. There are so many different species of fritillary that it is hard to identify them without expert knowledge and some luck. French butterflies seem unusually frisky.
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