Natural History Photographs




A very brief stop since there is no shade and at noon it already becomes unbearably hot...

Onychogomphus macrodon
English:Levant Pincertail

This beautiful dragonfly was not yet known from this part of Turkey. It is a rare endemic species, listed as endangered, with Worldwide less than 20 known records (The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.)
Orthetrum sabina
Authority:(Drury, 1773)
Nederlands:Slanke oeverlibel
English:Slender Skimmer
Deutsch:Schlanker Blaupfeil
Italiano:Orthetrum sabina