Natural History Photographs





Kayaköy is a ghost town some 8 km away from Fethiye. "It consists of hundreds of rundown but still mostly intact Greek-style houses and churches which cover a small mountainside... After the Greco-Turkish War, Kayaköy was largely abandoned after a population exchange agreement was signed by the Turkish and Greek governments in 1923." (source: Wikipedia) Between the ruins plants grow relatively unhindered and their flowers attract many insects. So apart from the cultural-historical perspective, Kayaköy is an interesting place to visit for nature as well.

Papilio alexanor
Authority:Esper, 1800
English:Southern Swallowtail
Français:Alexanor
Papilio machaon
Authority:Linnaeus, 1758
Nederlands:koninginnenpage
English:Swallowtail
Deutsch:Schwalbenschwanz
Norsk:Svalestjert
Svenska:Makaonfjäril
Français:Machaon
Español:macaón
Asilidae
Nederlands:Roofvliegen
English:Robber flies, Assassin flies
Deutsch:Raubfliegen, Jagdfliegen