Natural History Photographs


Yaniklar (Muğla), Turkey
7 & 13 June 2012


At the outskirts of Fethiye there are a few small strips of sandy beach with adjacent coastal dunes. Despite their limited extent, these are interesting places for bees, wasps and Bombylid flies as well as other insects. Sea holly (Eryngium maritimum), growing on the beach and in full flower during the visit, is very attractive to many bees, wasps and flies - hence attractive to me as well.



Euphorbia peplis




Heteralonia aeaca


Heteralonia megerlei Ligyra cf. ferrea


Stomylomyia tenella


Desmatoneura spec.


Platypygus cf. ridibundus


Paragus cf.
quadrifasciatus

Conopidae


Megascolia maculata


Colpa sexmaculata


Scolia spec.


Scolia spec.


Prionix kirbii Stizoides melanopterus


Tachysphex schmiedeknechti


Tachytes spec.


Bembix bidentata


Sphecidae


Chrysididae Rhynchium oculatum


Ceylalictus variegatus Andrena pilipes


Andrena spec. thoracica group


Megachile spec.


Xylocopa violacea Xylocopa iris


Zygaena spec.


Orthetrum coerulescens


Aeshna isosceles


Trichodes cf. crabroniformis