Natural History Photographs


Valle d'Aosta, Italy
Ville sur Sarre
7 August 2018

On the final day of our stay in Ville sur Sarre, I explored one more time the mountain slopes around the village. During the two weeks of our stay the season had noticably progressed, with several plants no longer being in flower. But there were still many butterflies, and on this final day I gave these due attention. Walking along a track next to a small river in mostly wooded area gave me hardly views on the landscape, and sadly I have no overview photos to show. The photos shown here were all taken close to where I returned in the afternoon.

Hyponephele lycaon Lycaena alciphron


Parnassius apollo Melitaea spec.


Aromia moschata


Tettigoniidae Vanessa atalanta


Parnassius apollo


Hycleus polymorphus  on Gentiana cruciata


Bombus spec. Zygaena carlina Coenonympha arcania


Galium verum Pyrgus carlinae


Lycaena alciphron