Natural History Photographs




As most of the land is used for agriculture, finding an undisturbed location proved very difficult. But small strips of less cultivated land can be interesting, too. The photographs below are of such a location.The two landscape photos are made from the same vantage point, in northern and southern direction. Van Gölü on the right photo is south of this vantage point.

Iolana iolas
Authority:(Ochsenheimer, 1816)
Synonyms:Glaucopsyche iolas
English:Iolas Blue
Deutsch:Blasenstrauch-Bläuling
Français:Azuré du baguenaudier

The hill side sported a few isolated Bladder senna shrubs - host to this blue butterfly. The male shown here was courtshipping a freshly emerged female - just visible in the left corner of the photo.
Tachinidae
Nederlands:Sluipvliegen
Deutsch:Raupenfliegen, Schmarotzerfliegen
Lepidoptera
Nederlands:Vlinders, Schubvleugeligen
English:Moths
Deutsch:Schmetterlinge

Asilidae
Nederlands:Roofvliegen
English:Robber flies, Assassin flies
Deutsch:Raubfliegen, Jagdfliegen