![]() ![]() Each £1 you invest (including any adviser charge) adds one Holiday Point to the allocation of Holiday Points that you receive every year for as long as you hold your bond. HPB's holiday benefits are provided through a Holiday Points system. HPB Assurance Limited reserves the right to decline an application at its sole discretion. We are now unable to accept new applications from residents of EU countries and some other jurisdictions. Holders of policies issued by HPBA will not be protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme if the company becomes unable to meet its liabilities to them but Isle of Man compensation arrangements apply to new policies. HPBM promotes only HPB and is not independent of HPBA. HPB is available exclusively through HPBM. The Securities Adviser is Stanhope Capital LLP of 35 Portman Square, London, W1H 6LR. The Trustee of HPB is Equiom (Isle of Man) Limited, registered at Jubilee Buildings, Victoria Street, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2SH. HPBM is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and is the main UK agent and the property manager for HPB, issued by HPB Assurance Limited (HPBA) registered in the Isle of Man and authorised by the Financial Services Authority there. Trees preserving old field boundaries near Vendoire.This advertisement is issued by HPB Management Limited (HPBM) registered at HPB House, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8EH. Other parts of the department have sandy-clay soils with very different natural vegetation, including Maritime Pine-Oak-Sweet Chestnut forest rich in fungi including the famous Perigord Truffle. Here are a few on the more open areas of chalk in the north of the department. The landscapes of the Dordogne are immensely varied. Star of Bethlehem on chalk hillside (with an ant) Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, at Tourbieres de Vendoire, a rare survival of an alkaline (fen) wetland, once worked for peat Horseshoe Vetch, Hippocrepis comosa, on limestone Viper’s Bugloss, Echium vulgare, a characteristic plant of chalkĪutumn Squill, Scilla autumnalis, on limestone Greater Butterfly Orchid, Platanthera chloranthaĮarly Purple Orchid, Orchis mascula, has two tubers shaped like testicles, hence the name ‘mascula’ Wasp Spider (yes, not an insect) trussing Grasshopper Praying Mantis, Chalk hillside near Saint SulpiceĪ 2nd or 3rd instar shieldbug, possibly Hawthorn ShieldbugĬrab Spider with captured tabanid flies, Tabanus bovinus Leucozona leucorum, a large black-and-white Syrphid hoverfly Volucella inanis, a large handsome Syrphid hoverfly on Fennel Tabanus bovinus: a giant horsefly (ok, really a cow-fly) Stripe-Winged Grasshopper Stenobothrus lineatus Speckled Bush Cricket Leptophyes punctatissima on Convolvulus flower ![]() Male Banded Demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens Scarlet Darter, Crocothemis erythraea, Tourbières de Vendoire Small Pincertail Dragonfly, Onychogomphus forcipatus, Coteaux de St Victor Iridescent Magenta-Green Leaf Beetle on Rosemary Saperda punctata, a rare green longhorn beetle with black spots Giant Wood-Boring Longhorn Beetle, Prionus coriarius Male Monochamus sartor, a Cerambycid longhorn beetle Longhorn beetle, cf Rhagium sp., a serious pest of timber Thick-legged flower beetle, Oedemera nobilis (male) Green Tiger Beetles, Cicindela campestris, Coteaux de St VictorĬerambycid Longhorn Beetle Strangalia maculata on Spiked Star-of-Bethlehem Longhorn beetle Strangalia maculata on Spiked Star-of-Bethlehem Pompilid spider-hunting wasp carrying spider under body up wallĪ carpenter wasp taking nectar from FennelĪnoplius viaticus, a large spider-hunting wasp The magnificent Sand Wasp Ammophila sabulosa Mating Pair of Common Heath Moths, Ematurga atomaria Mating Pair of Zygaena fausta Burnet mothsĬommon Blue females, with brown uppersides The so-called Scarce Swallowtail is actually the commoner of the two swallowtail butterflies hereĪlder Moth, Acronicta alni, caterpillar on Elmīurnet moth Zygaena fausta flapping wings after rain Mating Pair of Spotted Fritillaries, Melitaea didyma, on Greater Pignut The oddly symmetric rows of holes chewed in Canna Lily leaves by Bee Hawkmoth larvaeĬaterpillar of a species of Zygaena, a Burnet moth Hemaris fuciformis, Broad-Bordered Bee Hawk-Moth, hovering to take nectar from lavender Glanville Fritillary, not uncommon here, very rare in England Peacock butterfly, Aglais (Inachis) io, caterpillar on stinging nettle See also the photo-essay ‘Dazzling Insects of the Dordogne!’ Butterflies and Moths Pair of Roe Deer, Capreolus capreolus, eating fallen Apples Here are some photographs of the Vertebrates, Insects, Plants, Fungi and Landscapes from the Dordogne department (county) of France. ![]()
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