Zygaena contaminei
         
Sienna Burnet  
La Zygène du panicaut bleu  
           

 
 
   
1] male of Zygaena contaminei nectaring on the host-plant Eryngium bourgatii on which caterpillars of this species grow - alt.1480m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 16/07/2012   2] other specimen alt.1480m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 16/07/2012
 
 
       
       
   
3] male alt.1400m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 02/07/2022   4] same specimen as 3]  
       
       
   
5] same specimen as 3]   6] same specimen as 3]  
       
       
   
7] other male alt.1400m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 02/07/2022
 
 
  8] a male of Zygaena contaminei (on the right) beside a specimen of Zygaena lonicerae (on the left), showing the size difference between the two species  alt.1400m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 02/07/2022  
       
       
   
9] other male alt.1400m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 02/07/2022   10] other male alt.1400m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 02/07/2022  
       
       
   
11] male alt.2050m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 04/08/2019   12] male alt.1400m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 02/07/2022  
       
       
   
13] two males alt.1480m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 16/07/2012
 
  14] other specimen alt.1480m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 16/07/2012  
       
       
   
15] other specimen alt.1480m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 16/07/2012   16]  alt.1700m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 18/07/2012
 
 
       
       
   
17] male alt.1700m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 18/07/2012
 
  18] three specimen with two of them mated -  alt.1480m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 16/07/2012  
       
       
   
19] female of Zygaena contaminei, resting on the host-plant, Eryngium bourgatii alt.1800m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 21/07/2022   20] female alt.1400m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 02/07/2022

 
 
       
       
   
21] same specimen as 20]   22] same specimen as 20]  
       
       
   
23] female looking for a suitable place for egg-laying, shifting on the host-plant alt.1400m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 02/07/2022   24] same scene as 23]
 
 
       
       
   
25] same scene as 23], the insect is testing the host-plant with its abdomen   26] same female as 25], starting to lay a few eggs on the underside of a leaf of Eryngium bourgatii  
       
       
   
27] close-up of the small clutch laid by the female from picture 26]. After a few minutes, the female flew away spontaneously. It finally took a while for these eggs to be laid.    28] same clutch as 27]

 
 
       
       
     
29] mating pair sitting on the host-plant Eryngium bourgatii alt.1480m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 16/07/2012      
       
       
       
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