Natural History Photographs


Theth, Albania
Woodland clearing below
Qafa e Thorës
13, 18 & 19 July 2017


During our ascend from from Bogë to Theth, I spotted a clearing in the forest, and we decided on a short break to insepct the clearing. It turned out to be a very rewarding woodland clearing, and I spent quite some time here, both on the first and the last day of our stay in Theth.



Telekia
speciosa

Melitaea didyma
Digitalis
grandiflora


Astrantia major


Teucrium arduini Clinopodium grandiflorum


Chlorophorus
figuratus

Pedostrangalia pubescens


Phengaris alcon ♀
Female ovipositing on Gentiana cruciata.


Lamiaceae Cardamine bulbifera


Villa spec. ♂ Orobanche spec. Staria lunata


Lilium martagon


Cephalanthera rubra


Dinera ferina ♀ Spilomyia spec.


Abia spec. Hemyda vittata


Zygaena loti Lygistopterus sanguineus


Ceriana conopsoides


Spilomyia spec. Polistes cf. nympha


Ichneumonidae Neoitamus spec. ♀


Prunella laciniata Hemaris fuciformis


Satyrus ferula Salvia verticillata


Salvia glutinosa


Leptura aurulenta


Ichneumonidae Tortricidae



Polistes nympha ♂
Chrysotoxum
bicinctum


Libelloides macaronius


Stictoleptura scutellata Cupido minimus


Tabanus glaucopis


Chrysotoxum spec.


Xanthogramma spec. Trichius spec. Mesembrina meridiana