| Antalya, Turkey | ||
| Patara |
| 14 & 16 June 2009 |
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| Hymenoptera |
| Andrena spec.(thoracica group) |
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| Anthidium spec. | Anthidium spec. | Thyreus spec. |
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| Campsomeriella thoracica | |
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| Male feeding at Malva. | |
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| Feeding female. | ||
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| Female feeding at Rubus spec. During flower visits, the female often raises the middle legs. | |
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| Around noon, males cluser 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. | ||
| cf Euodynerus spec. | |
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| Rhynchium oculatum | Astata spec. | |
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Stizus cf. fasciatus |
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| 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. | |
| Tachysphex cf erythropus | Gastrosericus waltlii |
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| Tachysphex albocinctus | |
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| Bembix oculata | |
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| Chalybion femoratum |
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| Diptera |
| Asilidae |
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| Exoprosopa dispar | |
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Exoprosopa spec. |
Hemipenthes velutina |
Petrorossia spec. |
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| Odonata |
| Crocothemis erythraea |
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Diplacodes lefebvrii |
Sympetrum sanguineum |
Orthetrum taeniolatum |
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| Miscellaneous |
| Laudakia stellio | |
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| Chlorophorus varius | Theresimima ampellophaga |
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