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Libellulidae |
| Orthetrum sabina |
| Authority | : | (Drury, 1773) |
| Nederlands | : | Slanke oeverlibel |
| English | : | Slender Skimmer |
| Deutsch | : | Schlanker Blaupfeil |
| Italiano | : | Orthetrum sabina |
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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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| 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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| Diplacodes lefebvrii |
| Authority | : | (Rambur, 1842) |
| Nederlands | : | Moriaantje |
| English | : | Black Percher |
| Deutsch | : | Glänzender Schwarzpfeil |
| Italiano | : | Freccia carbone |
| Español | : | Libélula de Lefebvre |
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| Selysiothemis nigra |
| Authority | : | (Vander Linden, 1825) |
| Nederlands | : | Windvaantje |
| English | : | Black Pennant |
| Deutsch | : | Schwarzer Baron |
| Français | : | Sélysiothémis noir |
| Italiano | : | Freccianera |
| Español | : | Negra mediterránea |
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Diptera |
Hymenoptera |
| Braconidae |
| Nederlands | : | Schildwespen |
| Deutsch | : | Brackwespen |
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| Apidae: Andrena pilipes |
| Authority | : | Fabricius, 1781 |
| Nederlands | : | Koolzwarte zandbij |
| English | : | Black mining bee |
| Deutsch | : | Schwarze Köhlersandbiene |
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| Sphex flavipennis |
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| Sphex flavipennes is a huge wasp. Here it almost dwarfs the other - already sizable - wasp, Stizoides tridentata. |
| Crabronidae: Stizoides tridentata |
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Female feeding at Allium spec. First - and second! - impression is you see a Scolid wasp; however, it isn't. The stunning likeness to the Scolidae makes one easily think this is a clear case of mimicry. But then, why would a wasp resemble another wasp from a distantly related family? Within Crabronidae, there is plenty of aposematic coloration to be found - yet except for Stizoides not the Scolid pattern. So there is a bit of a mystery in this color pattern... |
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