Natural History Photographs





The Göksü deltas renowned for its birds, but perhaps the area would deserve equal fame if one focused on wasps! Certainly the dunes are rich in digger wasps - though as dunes they are not very impressive. Away from the beach the sand gradually becomes vegetated but this land is only a few meters above sea level. It looks more like a continuation of the beach, with many plants typical for dunes. The area is so low that during storms the sea will flood and inundate it.

Ipomoea imperati
Authority:(Vahl) Griseb. 1866
Synonyms:Convolvulus imperati Vahl, 1790
Italiano:campanella marina
Español:bejuco de cadena
Zygophyllum album
Authority:L.f. (1762)
English:white bean-caper
Español:morsana blanca
Colletes hylaeiformis
Authority:Eversmann, 1852
Deutsch:Mannstreu-Seidenbiene
Parnopes grandior
Authority:(Pallas, 1771)
Deutsch:Rote Riesengoldwespe
Eremochares dives
Female.
Male.
Philanthus
triangulum
Authority:(Fabricius, 1775)
Nederlands:Bijenwolf
Deutsch:Garten-Bienenwolf

Braconidae
Nederlands:Schildwespen
Deutsch:Brackwespen
Miltogramminae
English:Satellite flies
Bombyliidae
Authority:Latreille , 1802
Nederlands:Wolzwevers
English:bee flies, humbleflies
Deutsch:Wollschweber, Trauerschweber
Norsk:Humlefluer
Svenska:Svävflugor
Asilidae
Nederlands:Roofvliegen
English:Robber flies, Assassin flies
Deutsch:Raubfliegen, Jagdfliegen
Selysiothemis nigra
Authority:(Vander Linden, 1825)
Nederlands:Windvaantje
English:Black Pennant
Deutsch:Schwarzer Baron
Français:Sélysiothémis noir
Italiano:Freccianera
Español:Negra mediterránea