Ok, now for the insects. I'll start with butterflies and moths. The Camargue area wasn't particularly good for butterflies, there were lots of Small Whites around, with a few Wall Browns, Speckled Woods of the Southern form and Geranium Bronzes which were new for me. Here's a shot of a Geranium Bronze.
A bit further inland, the butterflies improved and I saw some Short and Long-tailed Blues. In Les Alpilles (the bits I could access) there were lots of Scarce Swallowtails. The best area for butterflies was La Crau which is like a desert. There I saw lots of Blues and Skippers, Bath Whites, a Scarce Swallowtail and a couple of Knapweed Fritillaries. Here's a shot of a Knapweed Fritillary.
And here's a Mallow Skipper, also in La Crau
I didn't see many moths in the area, there were a few Hummingbird Hawkmoths, a Reed Leopard which in Britain is very rare, but most interesting was this huge moth which I haven't been able to identify yet. It looks like it may be an 'Underwing' of some kind, it was bigger than any Hawkmoth I've seen in Britain, including Privet Hawkmoths. Here's a shot of it, I've got a photo of it on my hand for scale as well which I may upload later.
