Wasps & Bees |
| Tachysphex cf. erythropus |
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| Male perching in territory | ||
| Tachysphex cf. panzeri |
| Authority | : | (Vander Linden, 1829) |
| Deutsch | : | Panzers Heuschreckenjäger |
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| Female closing nest entrance | |
| Sceliphron destillatorium |
| Authority | : | (Illiger, 1807) |
| Deutsch | : | Südliche Mörtelwespe |
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| Resting male | ||
| Delta unguiculata |
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| Female | |
| Cataglyphis nodus |
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| Male (top right) and workers. Top middle: workers carrying dead and already mouldy honey bee into nest. |
Flies |
| I found both these Bombylids in the dry bedding of an irrigation canal. |
| I found both these Bombylids in the dry bedding of an irrigation canal. |
| Promachus spec. |
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Although on photographs the eye colour varies, in real life they looked mostly like green emeralds - like the top middle photograph. My guess is that the bottom specimen is a female of the same species as the males in the top row. |
| Laphystia spec. |
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Butterflies |
| Pontia edusa |
| Authority | : | (Fabricius, 1777) |
| English | : | Eastern Bath White |
| Deutsch | : | Resedafalter, Resedaweißling |
| Norsk | : | Vandrehvitvinge |
| Svenska | : | Grönfläckig vitfjäril |
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| Colias crocea |
| Authority | : | (Geoffroy, 1785) |
| Français | : | Souci |
| Español | : | colias común |
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| Lycaena thersamon |
| Authority | : | (Esper, 1784) |
| Synonyms | : | Thersamonia thersamon |
| English | : | Lesser Fiery Copper |
| Deutsch | : | Südöstlicher Feuerfalter |
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| Tarucus balkanicus |
| Authority | : | (Freyer, 1844) |
| English | : | Little Tiger Blue |
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| Carcharodus orientalis |
| Authority | : | Reverdin, 1913 |
| English | : | Oriental Marbled Skipper |
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| Thymelicus hyrax |
| Authority | : | (Lederer, 1861) |
| English | : | Levantine Skipper |
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Damselflies & Dragonflies |
| Lestes macrostigma |
| Authority | : | (Eversmann, 1836) |
| Nederlands | : | Grote pantserjuffer |
| English | : | Dark Spreadwing |
| Deutsch | : | Dunkle Binsenjungfer |
| Français | : | Leste à grands ptérostigmas |
| Italiano | : | Verdina delle saline |
| Español | : | Verdino oscuro |
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| Platycnemis dealbata |
| English | : | Ivory Featherleg |
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| Crocothemis erythraea |
| Authority | : | (Brullé, 1832) |
| Nederlands | : | Vuurlibel |
| English | : | Broad Scarlet |
| Deutsch | : | Feuerlibelle |
| Svenska | : | Karmintrollslända |
| Français | : | Crocothémis écarlate |
| Italiano | : | Frecciarossa |
| Español | : | Libélula escarlata |
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| Crocothemis servilia |
| English | : | Oriental Scarlet |
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| Diplacodes lefebvrii |
| Authority | : | (Rambur, 1842) |
| Nederlands | : | Moriaantje |
| English | : | Black Percher |
| Deutsch | : | Glänzender Schwarzpfeil |
| Italiano | : | Freccia carbone |
| Español | : | Libélula de Lefebvre |
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Brachythemis fuscopalliata |
| Authority | : | (Selys, 1887) |
| English | : | Dark-Winged Groundling |
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Trithemis annulata |
| Authority | : | (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807) |
| Nederlands | : | Purperlibel |
| English | : | Violet Dropwing |
| Deutsch | : | Violetter Sonnenzeiger |
| Français | : | Trithémis annelé |
| Italiano | : | Obelisco violetto |
| Español | : | Libélula violeta |
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| Orthetrum taeniolatum |
| Authority | : | (Schneider, 1845) |
| Nederlands | : | Kleine oeverlibel |
| English | : | Small Skimmer |
| Deutsch | : | Zierlicher Blaupfeil |
| Italiano | : | Orthetrum taeniolatum |
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| Orthetrum sabina |
| Authority | : | (Drury, 1773) |
| Nederlands | : | Slanke oeverlibel |
| English | : | Slender Skimmer |
| Deutsch | : | Schlanker Blaupfeil |
| Italiano | : | Orthetrum sabina |
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Miscellaneous |
| Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae |
| Nederlands | : | Mierenleeuwen |
| English | : | Antlions |
| Deutsch | : | Ameisenjungfern |
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| Julodis cf. andreae |
| Authority | : | (Olivier, 1790) |
| Subspecies | : | scovitzi (Steven, 1830) |
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