NEWS FROM THE MEADOWS 09.07.2020

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The Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea) is feeding on Knautia arvensis flower.
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While the black ants are collecting the mature grains ...
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... on some species of grass ...
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... and some other grasses ...
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... are still in bloom ...
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... although the tiny flowers are starting to fall on the vegetation underneath the tall grass.
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This minuscule larvae, I don't know the species, is hiding down there, on the flat herbaceous plants.
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This small moth (and again, I don't know the exact species) is resting on a higher level, on the leaf of some taller plant.
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Some extremely small larvae are running around some tiny flowers hidden in the grass.
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The Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma) caterpillar is resting on the dry stem.
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Some other caterpillars ... unfortunately I don't know of what species ...
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... have built a pretty large communal tent ...
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... in the area covered with short grass and various flat plants ... not far from the sea.
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It's an impressive architecture made of silk ...
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... with many layers, tunnels and hallways.
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I don't know the name of this beautiful hairy plant.
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It grows on the stony meadows near the sea.
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Here you can see a grasshopper, camouflaged on this plant.
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The colorful Myopa dorsalis fly is resting on another Knautia arvensis flower.
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The caterpillar of some Snout moth species is climbing around the thorny asparagus plant.
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The Mallow Skipper butterfly (Carcharodus alceae) is resting on some dry plant ... in an interesting pose.
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Here you can see the same butterfly in a more traditional pose :D
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The shiny Mint leaf beetles (Chrysolina herbacea) are forming small groups ...
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... scattered like clusters of jewels, all around the meadow.
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This pair of Meliscaeva cinctella flower flies is mating on the green stem of grass ...
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... while the Lynx spider Oxyopes heterophthalmus ...
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... is waiting in ambush on some long, dried out straw.
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Many plants are dry ... their seed pods are wide open.
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At the end of the day ...
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... while many small birds are singing their evening songs ...
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... these small wild bees ...
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... are forming small groups ...
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... on the dried out vegetation ...
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... where they are vell hidden and relatively safe during the night.
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As always in these posts on HIVE, all the photographs are my work.



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all looks cool. remarkable. I really enjoyed everything.

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Amazing photos of these tiny insects Any cute birds! The meadows seem like a treasure of invisible creatures.

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Wow! that colorful fly Myopa dorsalis is impressive. Another interesting post. Thanks for sharing

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