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| 1] male of Vanessa cardui - Doubs (France) - 09/08/2009 | | 2] same specimen as 1] | |
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| 3] Var (France) - 19/05/2009 | | 4] Var (France) - 05/10/2012 | |
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| 5] several individuals during spring migration - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 22/05/2009 | | 6] Doubs (France) - 09/05/2009
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| 7] Doubs (France) - 11/05/2009 | | 8] male - Var (France) - 31/08/2011 | |
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| 9] female of Vanessa cardui alt.750m - Haute Loire (France) - 17/05/2024 | | 10] female - Doubs (France) - 09/05/2009
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| 11] female alt.1640m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 02/09/2025 | | 12] same specimen as 11] | |
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| 13] female on Malva sylvestris - Var (France) - 22/06/2012 | | 14] female - Doubs (France) - 09/05/2009 | |
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| 15] female - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 24/07/2008 | | 16] female - Var (France) - 28/04/2012 | |
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| 17] female - Var (France) - 17/05/2013 | | 18] female alt.1m - Hérault (France) - 15/09/2024 | |
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| 19] female laying on Centaurea uniflora ssp uniflora - Hautes Alpes alt.1620m (France) - 19/06/2013 | | 20] egg laid on Centaurea uniflora ssp uniflora - Hautes Alpes alt.1620m (France) - 19/06/2013 | |
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| 21] female laying on flower buds of Arctium minus alt.1170m - Corsica (France) - 06/07/2019 | | 22] close-up of a flower bud of Arctium minus showing several eggs alt.1170m - Corsica (France) - 06/07/2019 | |
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| 23] female laying a single egg on Cirsium sp. alt.1000m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 05/06/2015 | | 24] close-up of the egg laid by the female from picture 23]
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| 25] female laying a single egg on Cirsium sp. - Var (France) -18/03/2014 | | 26] close-up of the egg laid by the female from picture 25]
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| 27] caterpillar on Centaurea solstitialis - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 30/06/2013 | | 28] caterpillar feeding on Cirsium tuberosum alt.800m - Drôme (France) - 18/06/2022 | |
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| 29] shelter of a caterpillar on Cirsium arvense - Haute Loire (France) - 14/07/2019 | | 30] view of the caterpillar after opening the shelter shown in 29]
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| 31] gregarious caterpillars found on Cirsium arvense - Haute Loire (France) - 20/07/2018 | | 32] gregarious caterpillars found on Cirsium sp. - Alpes maritimes (France) - 26/08/2016 | |
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| 33] same larvae as 32] | | 34] same larvae as 32] | |
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| 35] shelter of a caterpillar on Echinops ritro - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 07/07/2012 | | 36] view of the larva from picture 35] after opening the shelter
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37] other view of the larva from picture 36]
| | 38] caterpillar on Cirsium arvense - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 30/06/2013 | |
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| 39] caterpillars found on Malva sylvestris - Var (France) - 07/11/2013 | | 40] caterpillar on Malva sylvestris - Var (France) - 01/12/2013
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| 41] caterpillar on Malva sylvestris - Var (France) - 01/12/2013 | | 42] same larva as 41] | |
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| 43] same larva as 41] | |
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| 44] mature caterpillar on Malva sylvestris - Var (France) - 01/12/2013 | |
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| 45] caterpillar found on Filago vulgaris - Haute Loire (France) - 25/07/2018 | |
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| 46] same larva as 45] | |
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| 47] caterpillar found on Malva sylvestris - Var (France) - 07/11/2013 | |
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| 48] newly formed chrysalis - Var (France) - 24/11/2013 | | 49] same chrysalis as 48] | |
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| 50] same chrysalis as 48] | | 51] newly formed chrysalis - Var (France) - 24/11/2013 | |
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| 52] newly formed chrysalis - Var (France) - 17/11/2013 | | 53] same chrysalis as 52] | |
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| 54] newly formed chrysalis - Var (France) - 17/11/2013 | | 55] same chrysalis as 54] | |
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| 56] chrysalis found in nature alt.1800m - Ariège (France) - 24/08/2019 | | | |
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