Natural History Photographs






Hymenoptera
Campsomeriella thoracica
Male feeding at Malva.
Feeding female.

Female feeding at Rubus spec. During flower visits, the female often raises the middle legs.

Around noon, males cluster in large groups in the flower heads of Rushes. These 'siesta'-groups are easily disturbed; upon disturbance, the males fly away in all directions - to return after only a short time.
Stizus cf. fasciatus

Females of this species fly almost continuously just above the ground, often through dense vegetation; occasionally they rest for a few seconds, but normally too short to approach and photograph them. However, this female rested long enough to take some photo's.




Diptera
Asilidae
Nederlands:Roofvliegen
English:Robber flies, Assassin flies
Deutsch:Raubfliegen, Jagdfliegen
Hemipenthes
velutina
Nederlands:Zuidelijke rouwzwever




Odonata
Crocothemis erythraea
Authority:(Brullé, 1832)
Nederlands:Vuurlibel
English:Broad Scarlet
Deutsch:Feuerlibelle
Svenska:Karmintrollslända
Français:Crocothémis écarlate
Italiano:Frecciarossa
Español:Libélula escarlata
Diplacodes
lefebvrii
Authority:(Rambur, 1842)
Nederlands:Moriaantje
English:Black Percher
Deutsch:Glänzender Schwarzpfeil
Italiano:Freccia carbone
Español:Libélula de Lefebvre
Sympetrum
sanguineum
Authority:(Müller, 1764)
Nederlands:Bloedrode heidelibel
English:Ruddy Darter
Deutsch:Blutrote Heidelibelle
Norsk:Blodrød høstlibelle
Svenska:Blodröd ängstrollslända
Français:Sympétrum sanguin
Italiano:Cardinale sanguineo
Orthetrum
taeniolatum
Authority:(Schneider, 1845)
Nederlands:Kleine oeverlibel
English:Small Skimmer
Deutsch:Zierlicher Blaupfeil
Italiano:Orthetrum taeniolatum




Miscellaneous
Chlorophorus varius
Nederlands:Kommawespenboktor
Theresimima ampellophaga
Nederlands:wingerdmetaalvlinder
Deutsch:Wein-Grünwidderchen, Wein-Zygaene