142 pictures found
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Landscape of the Plaine des Maures National Park with a dwarf iris in the foreground and umbrella pines in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Landscape of the Plaine des Maures National Park with a dwarf iris in the foreground and umbrella pines in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des Mayons, Var, France
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Robber fly (Asilidae sp), Parade of a couple in dry meadow at spring, Plaine des Maures, Les Mayons, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Robber fly (Asilidae sp), Parade of a couple in dry meadow at spring, Plaine des Maures, Les Mayons, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Mylabris beetle (Mylabris quadripunctata), Couple lying on a grass stem in spring, in dry meadow, Plaine des Maures, Les Mayons, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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Robber fly (Asilidae sp), Parade of a couple in the spring, at spring in dry meadow, Plaine des Maures, Les Mayons, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Robber fly (Asilidae sp), Parade of a couple in the spring, at spring in dry meadow, Plaine des Maures, Les Mayons, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Scarce tongue-orchid (Serapias neglecta), Plaine des Maures Nature Reserve, Var, France
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on French lavender (Lavandula
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on French lavender (Lavandula stoechas), Plaine des Maures Nature Reserve, Var, France
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Mossy stonecrop (Crassula tillaea) mat mixed with Broad-leaved stonecrop (Sedum caespitosum), Plaine des Maures Natural Reserve, Var, France
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Mossy stonecrop (Crassula tillaea) mat mixed with Broad-leaved stonecrop (Sedum caespitosum), Plaine des Maures Natural Reserve, Var, France
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Water cricket (Velia sp.), larva on a temporary pond, Plaine des Maures Nature Reserve, Var, France
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Water cricket (Velia sp.), larva on a temporary pond, Plaine des Maures Nature Reserve, Var, France
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Landscape of the Maures plain with sandstone slabs and umbrella pines in autumn, National Reserve protected site. Plot of land spared by fires in
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Landscape of the Maures plain with sandstone slabs and umbrella pines in autumn, National Reserve protected site. Plot of land spared by fires in recent years, near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Landscape of the Maures plain with its hiking trails around Lac des Escarcets in autumn, National Reserve protected site. Plot of land partially
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Landscape of the Maures plain with its hiking trails around Lac des Escarcets in autumn, National Reserve protected site. Plot of land partially spared by fires in recent years, Surroundings of Les Mayons, Var, France
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Ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus) observed on a sandstone slab in early summer, Plaine des Maures National Reserve, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus) observed on a sandstone slab in early summer, Plaine des Maures National Reserve, Var, France
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Grey Mantis (Ameles decolor) female on a small shrub in autumn, Maquis of the Maures plain, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Grey Mantis (Ameles decolor) female on a small shrub in autumn, Maquis of the Maures plain, Var, France
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Villous deadly carrot (Thapsia villosa) at ground level, first plant development in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Villous deadly carrot (Thapsia villosa) at ground level, first plant development in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des Mayons, Var, France
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Landscape of the Plaine des Maures with a hiking trail winding through umbrella pines in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Landscape of the Plaine des Maures with a hiking trail winding through umbrella pines in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des Mayons, Var, France
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Carpenter ant (Camponotus ligniperda) carrying sawdust from a burnt tree trunk, Spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Surroundings of
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Carpenter ant (Camponotus ligniperda) carrying sawdust from a burnt tree trunk, Spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Surroundings of Les Mayons, Var, France
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Conehead Mantis (Empusa pennata), young in the larval stage resting on a stechade lavender (Lavandula stoechas) in spring, Plaine des Maures National
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Conehead Mantis (Empusa pennata), young in the larval stage resting on a stechade lavender (Lavandula stoechas) in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Pennywort (Umbilicus rupestris) flowering plant growing in a small fault in a sandstone slab in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des Mayons, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Dwarf Iris or Iris des garrigues (Iris lutescens) plant with white hypochromic flowers in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des Mayons, Var, France
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Plaine des Maures landscape with sandstone slabs outcropping between pine trees in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Plaine des Maures landscape with sandstone slabs outcropping between pine trees in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des Mayons, Var, France
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Euroepan stonecrop (Sedum ochroleucum) to be confirmed, in the moss on a sandstone slab in spring, Réserve naturelle nationale de la plaine des
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Euroepan stonecrop (Sedum ochroleucum) to be confirmed, in the moss on a sandstone slab in spring, Réserve naturelle nationale de la plaine des Maures, Environs des Mayons, France
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Crane fly (Tipula sp), mating in the grass in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Crane fly (Tipula sp), mating in the grass in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des Mayons, Var, France
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Natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita), tadpoles in a small temporary pond in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des Mayons,
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita), tadpoles in a small temporary pond in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des Mayons, Var, France
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Common thyme or Farigoule (Thymus vulgaris), isolated flowering
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Common thyme or Farigoule (Thymus vulgaris), isolated flowering clump on rocky slabs in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des Mayons, Var, France
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Narrow-leaved lupine (Lupinus angustifolius), detail of flowers
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Narrow-leaved lupine (Lupinus angustifolius), detail of flowers in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des Mayons, Var, France
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Mosses and sedum together on a pink sandstone slab in spring, Detail of flowers in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Mosses and sedum together on a pink sandstone slab in spring, Detail of flowers in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Scarce Serapias (Serapias neglecta) in spring bloom, Detail of spring flowers, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des Mayons, Var, France
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Landscape of the Plaine des Maures Reserve with Lac des Escarcets in autumn, Environs des Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Landscape of the Plaine des Maures Reserve with Lac des Escarcets in autumn, Environs des Mayons, Var, France
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Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni) moving along a path in autumn, Plaine des Maures, near Lac des Escarcets, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni) moving along a path in autumn, Plaine des Maures, near Lac des Escarcets, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Signpost at the crossroads of hiking trails with indications regulating the Plaine des Maures reserve, in autumn near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Landscape of burnt forest with regrowth of the plant cover, Plaine des Maures, near Lac des Escarcets, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Landscape of burnt forest with regrowth of the plant cover, Plaine des Maures, near Lac des Escarcets, Var, France
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Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) male stalking on a shrub branch in autumn, near Lac des Escarcets, Plaine des Maures, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) male stalking on a shrub branch in autumn, near Lac des Escarcets, Plaine des Maures, Var, France
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Cork oaks(Quercus suber) burnt tree 2 years after a fire, Plaine
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Cork oaks(Quercus suber) burnt tree 2 years after a fire, Plaine des Maures, near Lac des Escarcets, Var, France
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Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) female on a dry stem lying in wait in autumn, Plaine des Maures, near Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) female on a dry stem lying in wait in autumn, Plaine des Maures, near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Discrete chaperon (Cymbalophora pudica) on vegetation (seneçon?)
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Discrete chaperon (Cymbalophora pudica) on vegetation (seneçon?) in autumn, Plaine des Maures around Les Mayons, Var, France
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Short-horned Grasshopper (Pezotettix giornae) mating on a dry umbellifer in autumn, Plaine des Maures around Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Short-horned Grasshopper (Pezotettix giornae) mating on a dry umbellifer in autumn, Plaine des Maures around Les Mayons, Var, France
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Discrete chaperon (Cymbalophora pudica) on vegetation (seneçon?)
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Discrete chaperon (Cymbalophora pudica) on vegetation (seneçon?) in autumn, Plaine des Maures around Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Wart-biter (Decticus sp) - Could be Heath bush-cricket (Gampsocleis glabra) given the smaller size than verrucivorus, female on a reed stem in springf Plaine des Mauresf around Les Mayons, Var, France
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Bombyle (Bombylius sp) - May be genus Villa - Mating on a branch on the ground in spring, Plaine des Maures, near Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Bombyle (Bombylius sp) - May be genus Villa - Mating on a branch on the ground in spring, Plaine des Maures, near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Predatory Bush Cricket (Saga pedo) on a flower in late spring, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Predatory Bush Cricket (Saga pedo) on a flower in late spring, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Predatory Bush Cricket (Saga pedo) on the prowl in a clump of flowers in late spring, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Caesar's Mushroom (Amanita caesarea) in a pine forest clearing in spring, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Caesar's Mushroom (Amanita caesarea) in a pine forest clearing in spring, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) capturing a honeybee (Apis mellifera) on a scabiosa flower in spring, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) capturing a honeybee (Apis mellifera) on a scabiosa flower in spring, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Brown Argus (Aricia agestis) on a rockrose leaf in spring, Plaine
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Brown Argus (Aricia agestis) on a rockrose leaf in spring, Plaine des Maures, near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma) picking a flower in spring, Plaine des Maures, near Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma) picking a flower in spring, Plaine des Maures, near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Common Bee Fly (Hemipenthes morio) on the ground on a branch of dead wood in spring, Plaine des Maures near Vidauban, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Common Bee Fly (Hemipenthes morio) on the ground on a branch of dead wood in spring, Plaine des Maures near Vidauban, Var, France
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Two-tailed Pasha (Issoria lathonia) female, wings open, gathering a flower in spring, Plaine des Maures around Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Two-tailed Pasha (Issoria lathonia) female, wings open, gathering a flower in spring, Plaine des Maures around Les Mayons, Var, France
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Butterfly-lion (Ascalaphus ictericus) open wings, on a stem in spring, Plaine des Maures near Vidauban, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Butterfly-lion (Ascalaphus ictericus) open wings, on a stem in spring, Plaine des Maures near Vidauban, Var, France
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Conehead Mantis (Empusa pennata) female lying in wait in a clump
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Conehead Mantis (Empusa pennata) female lying in wait in a clump of flowers in spring, Plaine des Maures near Vidauban, Var, France