2011-07-25 July Wildlife in Cailho

Unidentified Bee

Very large Capricorn beetle (they eat the oak beams!!)

    Kiwi asleep with her favourite person in the whole world……

Praying Mantis

A ‘no’ spot ladybird…..

 

 

Wasp spider

 

Dragonfly  Caterpillar of the swallowtail butterfly……..the ‘real’ one!

Swallowtail, but the scarce one (which are common here) not the one from the caterpillar above. 

Preying Mantis no.2 

These are bee eaters…….but they are very difficult to photograph !

 

Praying Mantis no.3         Bon Appitite !

A small toad

 

Dave left me planting holes for a few herbs….so I planted CAT mint !!!!

 

One of ‘CAT mint’s’ presents…….an eyed lizard, the gloves are in case he bites, which they can do……this one was nice.