Natural History Photographs





At the Mediterranean coast of Türkiye, rain in June is quite unusual, but this year a depression brought copious amounts of it. In the afternoon of the 14th, the weather started to improve, with sunshine and temperatures around 25 °C. The photos show dunes still wet from the rain, which made walking way easier than it would have been otherwise.

Citrullus colocynthis
Authority:(L.) Schrad. 1838
Synonyms:Cucumis colocynthis Linnaeus, 1753
English:Bitter Cucumber
Italiano:coloquinda, coloquintide, pomo amaro, popone amaro
Español:coloquintida, naranja purgante, tuera
Vitex agnus-castus
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:monnikenpeper
English:Abraham's balm, chasteberry, five-leaf chaste tree, hemp tree, monk's pepper
Deutsch:Keuschbaum, Mönchspfeffer
Français:agneau chaste, arbre au poivre, faux poivrier, gattelier, herbe au poivre,
petit poivre, poivre sauvage
Italiano:agno-casto, aino, lágano, pepe falso
Español:alfagdí, arbolito de la pimienta, añocasto, cañamera, gatillo casto,
hierba de la castidad, pimentero, pimentillo, pimienta silvestre, pimiento loco,
sauzgatillo, zerobo
Ipomoea imperati
Authority:(Vahl) Griseb. 1866
Synonyms:Convolvulus imperati Vahl, 1790
Italiano:campanella marina
Español:bejuco de cadena
Euphorbia paralias
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:Zeewolfsmelk
English:Sea Spurge
Deutsch:Strand-Wolfsmilch
Français:Euphorbe maritime
Italiano:euforbia marittima
Español:lechetrezna marítima, tártago de mar
Pompilus cinereus
Authority:(Fabricius, 1775)
Deutsch:Sand-Grauwegwespe