Useful Reference Links

Because I bookmark so many sites, then can't easily find them again, I'm going to list here sites which I find useful regarding subjects relating to my blog, such as bee identification, foodstuffs of butterfly larvae, wildflower identification and similar. I'll just keep adding to it, and I hope it will prove useful for others too.


Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera)

http://www.wildlifeinsight.com/european-blue-butterflies-lycaenidae/

http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/index.php

http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/foodplants.php

http://ukmoths.org.uk/

http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/

http://www.eurobutterflies.com/index.php

Grizzled Skipper ID guide:
http://www.european-butterflies.org.uk/downloads/Pyrgus%20guide_med.pdf

http://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/flying_tonight.php 


Bees (Hymenoptera)

http://www.bumblebee.org/index.html

https://biodiversityireland.ie/the-secret-life-of-solitary-bees/ 

https://www.bees-in-france.com/solitary-bees-in-france


Bugs (Hemiptera)

http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/gallery.html


Damselflies and Dragonflies (Odonata)

https://www.odonata.org.uk/

https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/odonata/species-and-identification/

http://www.dragonflypix.com/checklist.html


General

http://www.buglife.org.uk/

Excellent photographs of all sorts of insects to help with ID (in English!):
http://www.tuin-thijs.com/zweefvliegen-engels.htm

Another similar site with excellent photos:
http://www.gardensafari.net/


Wildflowers

Plants of the garrigue:
http://faune-flore-languedocienne.alwaysdata.net/garrigue/Plantes_garrigue.html

Plant Identification
https://identify.plantnet.org/

Mountain species from the Alps and Pyrenees (in French)
Flore Alpes


Orchids

Britain and Ireland and some European species:
https://www.first-nature.com/flowers/~wildorchids.php

Orchids in the Aude dept in France:
https://www.audeclaire.org/biodiversit%C3%A9/orchid%C3%A9es-de-l-aude/

Orchids in France (in French, or not that well translated English)