The Göksü delta is renowned for its birds, but perhaps flies and wasps could make the area equally famous! Behind the dunes there is a rather large flat area that, in view of the halophilic vegetation, must regularly get flooded. In this area are stretches with a blue flowering thistle-like plant, Cardopatium corymbosum, which is very attractive to wasps and bees. Among the visitors are some very impressive spider wasps and bees. |
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| Cardopatium corymbosum |
| Authority | : | (L.) Pers. 1807 |
| Synonyms | : | Echinops corymbosus Linnaeus, 1753 |
| Italiano | : | broteroa |
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| Bombyliidae |
| Authority | : | Latreille , 1802 |
| Nederlands | : | Wolzwevers |
| English | : | bee flies, humbleflies |
| Deutsch | : | Wollschweber, Trauerschweber |
| Norsk | : | Humlefluer |
| Svenska | : | Svävflugor |
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| The wasp hovered in the air for quite some seconds, then dashed at the Bombylid fly which had no chance to escape. |
| Myrmeleontidae |
| Nederlands | : | Mierenleeuwen |
| English | : | Antlions |
| Deutsch | : | Ameisenjungfern |
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