No Place Like Home

Spring is here at last. I don't know about you but it seems a lot longer than thirteen weeks since the winter solstice. One thing about spring is that life is so abundant that you don't have to go far to look for it. Come with me into the olive grove next door and I'll show you. Absolutely bursting with blooms: Poppies, Pimpernels, Mallow and Medicago, Shepherd's Needles and Vetch. I can see at least fourteen different flowers from here but the one I'm particularly interested in today is the ubiquitous Garland Daisy as they really attract the insects. Look, we've got a Mirid Bug, a little black Crabronid wasp, a hoverfly and three different beetles. Not a bad little haul.

Spectacular Spring, Painted Ladies on the march, Back from the dead, Rocket salad and How to make a Pinning Board #CreteNature: http://bit.ly/Cretenature173

Publicado el 29 de marzo de 2019 a las 04:52 AM por stevedaniels stevedaniels

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Marzo 22, 2019 a las 12:49 PM EET

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Abejas de Primavera (Género Andrena)

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Marzo 22, 2019 a las 01:04 PM EET

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Marzo 22, 2019 a las 12:57 PM EET

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Margarita Mediterránea (Glebionis coronaria)

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Marzo 22, 2019 a las 12:46 PM EET

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Marzo 22, 2019 a las 12:57 PM EET

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Marzo 22, 2019 a las 12:46 PM EET

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Marzo 22, 2019 a las 12:57 PM EET

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Rábano de Mar (Cakile maritima)

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Marzo 23, 2019 a las 11:09 AM EET

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Mariposa Vanesa Pintada (Vanessa cardui)

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Marzo 23, 2019 a las 11:27 AM EET

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March 23rd 2019. A swarm of over 100 Painted Lady Butterflies (Vanessa cardui) appeared on ierapetra East Beach where they were feeding on Catchfly (Silene colorata) and Rayless Chamomile (Anthemis rigida). The swarm was present but thinning all the way to Ferma, 11km to the east. For the previous two days the winds had been from a northerly direction, prior to that they were from the south. You Tube video: https://youtu.be/wk2EA3mXraE

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Marzo 25, 2019 a las 01:47 PM EET

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