Main target of this day was the monumental statues of the Nemrut Daği. The monument, which dates from the first century BCE, is thought to harbour the tomb of Antiochus I Theos, king of Commagene. The alpine habitat is attractive to insects, too. A special butterfly is the Eastern Greenish Black-tip (Euchloa penia),which flew in some numbers. However, I got no opportunity of even a single photograph... I was more lucky with several bees and flies though. |
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Insect life below the summit |
| Anthophora spec. |
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Anthophora's are often extremely restless bees, hard to photograph. At the monument I heard to sound of flying big bees, and the appeared to fly consistently around the base of the monument. They flew time and again to the same stones, sat down and licked the stones. I think they are after some minerals - although I have little clue which minerals. There were also males, chasing and perching. All in all, I got better opportunities than normally for photography. |
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| Syrphidae |
| Authority | : | Latreille, 1802 |
| Nederlands | : | Zweefvliegen |
| English | : | Hoverflies |
| Deutsch | : | Swebfliegen |
| Norsk | : | blomsterfluer, svevefluer |
| Svenska | : | Blomflugor |
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| Rhinophoridae |
| Nederlands | : | Pissebedvliegen |
| Deutsch | : | Asselfliegen |
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