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

Posted on March 29, 2019 04:52 AM by stevedaniels stevedaniels

Observations

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stevedaniels

Date

March 22, 2019 12:49 PM EET

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Mining Bees (Genus Andrena)

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stevedaniels

Date

March 22, 2019 01:04 PM EET

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Yellow-haired Sun Fly (Myathropa florea)

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stevedaniels

Date

March 22, 2019 12:57 PM EET

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Garland Daisy (Glebionis coronaria)

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stevedaniels

Date

March 22, 2019 12:46 PM EET

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Middle Eastern Flower Scarab (Oxythyrea cinctella)

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stevedaniels

Date

March 22, 2019 12:57 PM EET

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Observer

stevedaniels

Date

March 22, 2019 12:46 PM EET

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Observer

stevedaniels

Date

March 22, 2019 12:57 PM EET

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European Searocket (Cakile maritima)

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stevedaniels

Date

March 23, 2019 11:09 AM EET

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Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)

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stevedaniels

Date

March 23, 2019 11:27 AM EET

Description

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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Slender Digging Grasshopper (Acrotylus patruelis)

Observer

stevedaniels

Date

March 25, 2019 01:47 PM EET

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