Insects & Arachnids - Rhodes
But the best was the drone of bees in the woods.
Second the crickets in their hundreds in some fields.
Fearsome guards.
Now that's dinner!
Emerald green eyes
Common Blue
Swallowtail
Eastern Festoon
Small Copper
Large Wall Brown
A few orchids from Rhodes
The tip of the iceberg for orchids in Rhodes but very pleased to have found these.
Not sure of some of the ids as the first time for seeing all of them and 'The Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean' doesn't quite give enough information.
Holy Orchid (Anacamptis sancta)
Ophrys reinholdii
Ophrys polyxo perhaps?
Ophrys regis-ferdinandii
Pink Butterfly Orchid (Anacamptis papilonacea)
Serapias carica
Serapias parviflora
Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
Ophrys candida
Orchis anatolica
Anacamptis fragrans
One of the Yellow Ophrys species - Orchis sicula?
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Anacamptis laxiflora perhaps?
Ophrys fusca perhaps?
Same as the others or different?
Ophrys fusca perhaps?
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