Natural History Photographs


From the village Afur, a well-maintained trail leads down all to the beach, more or less following one of the few permanent streams on the island. The Crossbill Guide describing this walk promises many dragonflies, but the time of the year is not very conducive to this - although we saw a few, among others the Emperor dragonfly, Anax imperator.


Aeonium tabulaeforme
Authority:(Haw.) Webb & Berthel. 1840
Synonyms:Sempervivum tabulaeforme Haworth, 1819
cf. Pyrenodesmia
variabilis
Nederlands:Donkere citroenkorst
Deutsch:Variabler Schönfleck
Chrysomelidae
Nederlands:Bladhaantjes
English:Leaf beetles
Deutsch:Blattkäfer
Ochrolechia parella
Nederlands:Steentandpastakorst
English:White Crottle
Deutsch:Stein-Cremeflechte
Svenska:mångfruktig örnlav
Artemisia thuscula
Synonyms:Artemisia canariensis
Danaus chrysippus
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)
Nederlands:kleine monarchvlinder
English:Plain Tiger
Français:Petit MonarqueLCNA
Español:mariposa tigre
Pararge xiphioides
Authority:Staudinger, 1871
English:Canary Speckled Wood
Español:ondulada canaria

Igneous rock
Diploicia canescens
Synonyms:Buellia canescens
Nederlands:Kauwgommos
English:Lobed button lichen
Deutsch:Graue Burgenflechte
Svenska:skorpdagglav
Euphorbia canariensis
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Español:cardón
Jasminum odoratissimum
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Synonyms:Chrysojasminum odoratissimum (L.) Banfi, 2014
Juniperus turbinata
Authority:Guss. 1844
English:Mediterranean juniper
Deutsch:Mittelmeer-Wacholder
Français:genévrier méditerranéen
Italiano:sabina
Español:sabina marina, sabina mora, sabina negral
Selaginella denticulata
English:Toothed-leaved clubmoss
Deutsch:Gezähnter Moosfarn
Français:Sélaginelle denticulée
Aeonium arboreum
Authority:(L.) Webb & Berthel. 1840
Synonyms:Sempervivum arboreum Linnaeus, 1753
English:Tree Aeonium
Español:siempreviva arbórea
Habenaria tridactylites
Authority:Lindl., 1835
Deutsch:Kanarenstendel
Rubia fruticosa
Authority:Aiton, 1789
Español:tasaigo