Natural History Photographs


After the Olive groves near Loutra we continued our trip in a completely different habitat, pine forest. Where we parked the car I found a Pine tree infested with Marchalina hellenica, the source of Pine honey. This time I could also photograph a honey bee collecting the honey dew excreted by the scale insect.


Lavandula stoechas
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Italiano:lavanda di monte, lavanda selvatica, lavanda stecade, steca, stecaole,
stigadosso
Español:almoraduz de cuello corto, azaya, cantahueso, cantuerca, cantueso, espliego,
estecados, flor del Corpus, flor del Señor, hierba de San Juan, lavanda romana,
romero de señor, rosmano, té de moro, timosa, tomillo, tomillo borriquero,
tomillo cantimpalo, tomillo cantueso, tomillo cantueso caballar,
tomillo de flor morada
Neotinea maculata
Authority:(Desf.) Stearn, 1975
Synonyms:Satyrium maculatum Desf. 1799
Nederlands:nonnetjesorchis
English:Dense-flowered Orchid
Deutsch:gefleckte Waldwurz
Français:néotine maculée, néotine tachetée
Italiano:neotinea macchiata, satirione macchiato
Limodorum
abortivum
Authority:(L.) Sw., 1799
Synonyms:Orchis abortiva Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:paarse aspergeorchis
English:violet birdsnest orchid
Deutsch:abtreibender Dingel, Bartdingel, violetter Dingel
Français:Limodore à feuilles avortées, asperge violette, racine de Saint Georges
Italiano:fiammone, fior di legna
Español:limodoro violeta, orquídea abortiva, planta hambrienta

Anacamptis morio
Authority:(L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, 1997
Synonyms:Orchis morio Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:Harlekijn, harlekijnsorchis
English:green-winged orchid
Deutsch:frühes Knabenkraut, kleines Knabenkraut, Kleinhundwurz, Salep-Knabenkraut,
Wiesenknabenkraut
Norsk:narrmarihand
Svenska:göknycklar
Français:folle femelle, orchis bouffon, orchis casque, satirion, soupe à vin
Italiano:giglio caprino, orchide minore, pan di cuculo, salep, zonzelle
Español:amor de dama, cojón de perro, compañón, compañón de perro, satirión,
testículos de perro
Serapias cf. cordigera
Authority:Linnaeus, 1763
Nederlands:brede tongorchis
English:heart-flowered helleborine, heart-flowered serapias
Deutsch:herzformige Stendelwurz, herztragende Stendelwurz
Français:sérapias en coeur
Italiano:satirio barbone, serapide cuoriforme
Español:estrangurria, gallos
Serapias cf. bergonii
Authority:E.G.Camus, 1908
Italiano:Serapide di Bergon