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| Queen of Spain Fritillary, Issoria lathonia |
April 9th was day 2 of the Corfu Butterfly Enthusiast's (CBE's) tour of Corfu and brought us to Old Perethia on Mount Pantokrator. We enjoyed wandering along the mountain tracks admiring the many Eastern Dappled Whites, Wood Whites, Green-underside Blues and other butterflies, insects and flowers. We lunched at a Taverna in the town and were immediately impressed by a tree beside our table which was soon identified as a Nettle Tree. A glance up revealed butterflies fluttering round the tree top and these were soon identified as elusive Nettle-tree Butterflies - we had struck gold! This was the first of many fabulous Greek lunches.
We were accompanied on this day by two wildlife notables: photographer Giannis Gasteratos, whose knowledge of all things Natural on Corfu (and the surrounding countries) is astounding, plus Chris Little, a British wildlife enthusiast who has extensive knowledge of the butterflies here. Dan then drove us to Pantokrator where we walked along a cliff path which dropped down several times to bays. We had a very brief swim in one of them in very cold water.
Giannis showed us a Nose-horned Viper, one of two small poisonous snakes on the island, and a Whip Snake. We were pleased to see a Glanville Fritillary larva crawling over the rocks. A Blue-throated Keeled lizard and a Mallow Skipper were among many interesting sightings for the group. The afternoon highlight was a Queen of Spain Fritillary which gave us a great show as it flew along the path.
Thanks to Chris Little for the morning's butterfly species list: Green Underside Blue, Holly Blue, Eastern Dappled White, Large White, Large Tortoiseshell, Clouded Yellow, Wall Brown, Orange Tip, Wood White, Small Copper, Swallowtail, Scarce Swallowtail, Brown Argus, Mallow Skipper, Red Admiral, Nettle Tree Butterfly (16 species).
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| morning view from John & Lynne;s villa |
Perethia:
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| Chafer, Oxythyrea funesta |
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| Eastern Dappled White egg |
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| Eastern Dappled White egg |
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| Eastern Dappled White |
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| Eastern Dappled White |
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| Grass Eggar larva, Lasiocampa trifolii |
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| Grass Eggar larva |
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| Grass Eggar larva |
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| Greek Slow Worm juvenile, Anguis graeca |
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| Green-underside Blue, Glaucopsyche alexis |
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| Green-underside Blue female |
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| Green-underside Blue female |
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| Holly Blue, Celastrina argiolus |
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| Green Longhorn, Adela reaumurella |
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possibly an abberant of Green-underside Blue, Glaucopsyche alexis
only 4 spots on upper wing and one tiny one of lower wing |
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| Provence Orchid, Orchis provincialis |
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| Speckled Bush Cricket nymph, Leptophyes punctatissima |
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| Wall, Lasiommata megera |
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| White Asphodel, Asphodelus ramosus |
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| White Asphodel |
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| Nettle-tree Butterfly, Libythea celtis |
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| Nettle-tree Butterfly on its food-plant, probably egg laying |
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| Nettle-tree Butterfly |
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| Nettle-tree Butterfly |
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| Nettle-tree Butterfly |
Pantokrator:
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| Bee, Andrena species from Corfu |
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| Blue-throated Keeled lizard, Dalmatian Algyroides |
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| Brassica, Erysimum species |
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| Clouded Yellow, Colias croceus |
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| Cretan Alkanet, Anchusa cretica |
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| Four-spotted Orchid, Orchis quadripunctata |
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| Glanville Fritillary larva 7th Instar, Melitaea cinxia |
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| Glanville Fritillary larva 7th Insta |
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| Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum |
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| Horseshoe Bee-orchid, Ophrys ferrum-equinum |
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| Latticed Heath, Chiasmia clathrata |
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| Mallow Skipper, Carcharodus alceae |
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| Man Orchid, Orchis anthropophora |
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| Myrtle Spurge, Euphorbia myrsinites |
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| Myrtle Spurge |
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| Nose-horned Viper, Vipera ammodytes |
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| Nose-horned Viper |
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| Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui |
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| Painted Lady |
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| CBEs wandering the path |
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| possible Common Blue |
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Mediterranean Banded Centipede, Scolopendra cingulata
poisonous |
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possible nest of a bee, Megachile parietina
10cm deep, sandy texture on rock |
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| Queen of Spain Fritillary, Issoria lathonia |
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| Queen of Spain Fritillary |
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| Queen of Spain Fritillary |
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| Queen of Spain Fritillary |
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| Queen of Spain Fritillary |
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| Dan chasing the Queen of Spain Fritillary |
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| Dan photographing the Queen of Spain Fritillary |
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| Scarlet Pimpernel blue form, Anagallis arvensis |
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| micro-moth, Tortrix species |
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| Short-toed Snake Eagle, Circaetus gallicus |
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| unidentified Myriapods |
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| Wolf Spider, Lycosa praegrandis |
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| Woodlouse, Armadillidium werneri |
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| Yellow Bee Orchid, Ophrys sicula |
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| Yellow Bee Orchid |
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