en route pour Divonne
Calliteara pudibunda
L’ete est finis, l’automne est ici. Des feuilles tombent, des fleurs disparaissent, et les hirondelles de fenetres sont partis depuis un moment. Neanmoins, comme nous dites Jane d’Urban Extension, il y a peut-etre des nouveau choses a voir. Je n’ai pas encore vu son abeille speciale, mais je cherche toujours parmis le lierre a cote de chez moi. Entretemps, j’ai vu plein de choses interessants ces dernieres semaines. Voici une selection de photos prises en promenade sur les petites routes autour de Divonne il y a deux semaines.
En haut, il y a la chenille de Calliteara pudibunda. Celui-ci traversait la route, pour aller ou je n’en sais rien. Je n’avait jamais vu cet espece avant, mais ca doit etre la saison, on en a trouve un autre un peu plus loin. Elle est belle, meme si elle resemble une brosse a dents!
Il rest encore des fleurs ici et la, et oui, des insectes pour les visiter. Cette abeille et cette mouche n’etaitent que deux des plus co-operatrices pour mes photos.
abeille
mouche
L’automne, bien sur, c’est la saison des champignons. Je ne connais pas le nom des champignons ici, peut-etre Winter Woman les connait, elle est amateur des champignons.
champignons parmi feuilles mortes
champignons au pied d’un arbre
champignons sur branche morte
Plus loin, il y avait d’autres insectes sur la route. A gauche il y a une punaise a pattes rousses (Pentatoma rufipes). A droite, une libellule, la Sympetrum rouge sang (Sympetrum sanguineum), qui avait la gentilesse de se poser assez longtemps pour que je la prennais la photo. Ca n’arrive pas souvent!
Punaise a pattes rousses (Pentatoma rufipes)
Sympetrum rouge sang (Sympetrum sanguineum)
grande sauterelle verte (Tettigonia viridissima)
Rhopalus subrufus
Ce n’est pas que les insectes qui sortent dans le soleil toujours chaud d’automne. J’avais de la chance de prendre cette photo d’un lezard avant qu’il s’est cache. La grenoulle a reussi a se cacher, mais est ressortis pour me regarder, et j’ai pu prendre plusiers photos. Genial!
lezard
grenouille
fleurs bleues
molene
Enfin, il y a un vieux pommiere qui a bien soufert pendant les derniers orages d’ete. Il n’est pas encore finis, on voit bien que les pommes murissent encore. Evidemment, il ne veut pas mourir sans se battre!
pommier tombe
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Tags: Dweezeljazz, Pays de Gex, Verbascum Thapsus, Chenille, Grillon, Libellule, Grenouille, Champignons, Insectes, Lezard, Papillon de nuit, Fleurs sauvage
October 18th, 2009 at 10:05
One of the children found one of the moth caterpillars in the garden at school the other day.
Now I shall be able to tell them what its called!
October 12th, 2010 at 12:25
What a great array of wildlife you have in your garden. I love your apple tree that isn’t giving up. I guess it has made collecting the apples easier – what a wonderful tree. Did it survive the winter? Your bee on purple flower looks like Bombus pascuorum (common carder bee). They are everywhere in my garden at the moment. Worth looking out for the Ivy Bees again this year… lots in Dorset this year.
October 12th, 2010 at 13:50
Hi Jane,
these photos weren’t taken in my garden, they’re on a walk from where I live to a nearby town. My ‘garden’ is just a patio, but with a few large pots and a lot of work I’ve had a great deal of wildlife there too, which is nice. The apple tree didn’t get the chance to survive, I suspect it ended up as firewood. There’s no trace of it left now.
I’ve been thinking about your Ivy bee again this autumn as the ivy starts to flower again. If I find any, I’ll be sure to post photos. I don’t know if they live near me, I guess I’ll find out! I didn’t know just how many varieties of bee there are until this year, I need to get myself a good guide and learn about them!
October 12th, 2010 at 14:35
What a shame that the apple tree wasn’t left. It looked wonderful. Look forward to seeing any pics of the ivy bee nr you. If you need a good book for bees (UK one I’m afraid) Bees of Surrey is good http://www.bwars.com/bees_of_surrey_book.htm (wasps of surrey has just come out – equally good http://www.surreywildlifegifts.org.uk/collections/frontpage/products/wasps-of-surrey ) Not sure about the European solitary bees I’m afraid – although I do know that you get a lot more than we get in the UK. I had a field day in France this year on holiday http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=37204824%40N05&q=france+bee&m=text saw some absolutely stunning bees! Jane
October 14th, 2010 at 20:51
Bees and Wasps of Surrey? Wow, those are niche books! I’ll have to do some homework and find out if they are valid for my neck of the woods.
Thanks for the link to your holiday photos. I now know that the huge SUV of a bee I saw a couple of months ago is probably a violet carpenter bee. You’re right, those things are big!
October 15th, 2010 at 11:26
It does sound very niche – but actually it’s a really good book for bees in general. We’re lucky because in Dorset we get very similar bees to Surrey! A good “all round” bee book (although only for UK Bumbles) is the little book http://www.amazon.co.uk/Field-Guide-Bumblebees-Britain-Ireland/dp/0954971310/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1287138233&sr=1-1 again… this won’t cover all the european bees. Just thought of a great place you can look for “european” bees. Nico lives in Belgium and is a bee expert http://www.flickr.com/photos/90408805@N00/ Happy hunting! Jane
October 16th, 2010 at 22:02
thanks again for the pointers, Jane, I shall certainly follow them up!