In the Rhône Valley, thirteen species were flying. Most abundant of all were the clouded yellows, which adorned every meadow and hedgerow. Here is one sharing a meal with a female Berger's pale clouded yellow:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2013/croceaalfacariensis7nov2013a.jpg)
They ignored each other.
This is a male northern brown argus, romancing a female common blue - who likewise ignored him:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2013/artaxerxesicarus7nov2013a.jpg)
After clouded yellows, Adonis blues were the commonest species:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2013/bellargus7nov2013j.jpg)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2013/bellargus7nov2013d.jpg)
Chalkhill blues and common blues are also flying, but there are no fresh blues of any species on the wing:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2013/coridon7nov2013b.jpg)
(chalkhill)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2013/icarus7nov2013a.jpg)
(common)
Here is a small copper, getting seriously stuck into a dandelion head:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2013/phlaeas7nov2013c.jpg)
As you would expect, Queen of Spain fritillaries put in a good showing:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2013/lathonia7nov2013c.jpg)
There are no other fritillaries left.
The only white was green-veined:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2013/napi7nov2013b.jpg)
A very few tree graylings are still alive:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2013/statilinus7nov2013a.jpg)
Their usual place on the rotting grape pile was taken today by a single red admiral:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2013/atalanta7nov2013a.jpg)
There were so many fruit flies swarming over the grapes I could take a picture of the cloud!
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2013/drosophila7nov2013.jpg)
The final two species were brimstone - a single male, roding and never stopping - and wall, of which I saw two in total. Here is one of them, taken from a considerable distance unfortunately:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2013/megera7nov2013a.jpg)
No CCTV cameras in the Rhône Valley, but I was being watched all the same ...
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2013/deer7nov2013a.jpg)
Guy