Natural History Photographs


After our stay in Mojkovac, we were to move to North Macedonia, with two stops in between. The first was close to the north eastern border of Montenegro, where one finds another national park, Prokletije. The guesthouse we booked wan't exactly as it was advertised, so we moved to another place after one night. We arrived aournd after noon, and so we had not too much time to go into the valley. It was also quite warm, which made us return before reaching a lake that supposedly was somewhere along the track we followed.
Speyeria aglaja
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms:Mesoacidalia aglaja
Argynnis aglaja
Nederlands:grote parelmoervlinder
English:Dark Green Fritillary
Français:Grand Nacré
Español:nacarada aglaja
Male attempting to copulate with a female already in copula.
Stachys recta
Authority:Linnaeus, 1767
Nederlands:Bergandoorn
English:Perennial Yellow-woundwort
Deutsch:Aufrechter Ziest
Norsk:Lækjesvinerot
Français:Epiaire à grandes fleurs
Italiano:strega eretta, stregona gialla, stregonella
Español:herba de la feridura, hierba apoplética, hierba de la perlesia,
hierba de la perlesía, hierba de San Antonio
Aurinia corymbosa
Authority:Grisebach, 1843
Synonyms:Alyssum corymbosum
Drypis spinosa
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Deutsch:Stachelkronenkraut
Italiano:dripide comune
Apiaceae, unidentified
Authority:Lindl. (1836)
Synonyms:Umbelliferae Juss.
Nederlands:Schermbloemenfamilie
Deutsch:Doldenblütler
Norsk:Skjermplantefamilien
Svenska:Flockblommiga växter
Sambucus ebulus
with galls caused by
Contarinia sambuci
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:Kruidvlier
English:Dwarf Elder
Deutsch:Zwerg-Holunder
Svenska:Sommarfläder
Français:Sureau yèble
Italiano:ebbio, ebolo, sambichella, sambuchella, sambuchello, sambuco ebbio, sambuco lebbio,
sambuco minore
Español:chavos, ébulo, evol, follanastro, hiabos, hiebos, hielgo, hiezgo, matapulgas,
mielgo, niervos, pudimal, pudio, putiera, sabuco, sabuco menor, sabuquillo,
sanguillo, saúco, saúco blanco, sauco menor, saúco menor, xenlos, xeulos, yebo,
yezgo
Geranium phaeum
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:Donkere ooievaarsbek
English:Mourning widow, Dusky Crane's-bill
Deutsch:Brauner Storchschnabel
Svenska:Brunnäva
Français:Géranium brun
Italiano:geranio stellato
Zygaena ephialtes
English:Billowing Burnet
Deutsch:Veränderliches Widderchen
Français:Zygène de la coronille