Pyrenees Day 3 Afternoon Heas Valley

Our final stop on Monday was in the Heas Valley where the sun came out and the insects all started waking up and showing themselves including lots of Black-Veined Whites. (Other species shown Pearly Heath, Yellow-Veined Darter, Scorpion fly, Bee chafer, Rose Chafer, Grasshopper ?species, Long Horned Beetle

 

Pyrenees Day 3 Afternoon On Way Down From Troumouse

The rain waited until lunch time and then cleared again fairly quickly but had the affect of slowing down the insects. Butterflies include  Silver-Studded Blue, Heath Fritillary, Black-Veined White and Lesser Marbled Fritillary. The flowers are Burnt Orchid and Astrantia. Insects Fire Bug, a black Weevil Beetle and Hoverfly Heliophilus species (exact IDs to follow)

 

Pyrenees Day 3 Morning Cirque de Troumouse

As the weather was forecast fairly good, we decided to do the walk into the Cirque de Troumouse - a beautiful route across a stream that had Pyrenneean Salamanders (and Caddis flies). While others went further to look in vain for the Alpine Accentor, I wandered around the meadows photographing the flowers  - not as plentiful as Wengen area but still attractive.

 

Pyrenees Day 2 Final Stop at Chèze

Our final stop on Sunday was at Chève, an impressive canyon with impressive rock formations and quite a few butterflies including Red Admiral, White Admiral and Dark Green Fritillary. I have included an wonderfully camouflaged Shield Bug although the photo isn't quite sharp. 

 

Pyrenees Day 2 Afternoon Babbling Brooks and Hot River beds

We stopped a few times on the way down from Haut de Camp by streams and added a few dragons to the list - Beautiful Demoiselle, Sombre Golden Ringed and Golden Ringed. Also shown astriking Large Chequered Skipper and amazing coloured spider. In the river bed area (Gabe de Pau), a beautiful Fiery Clearwing and a very agile Bee Fly with striped body.