Natural History Photographs





Birecik is located at the Euphrates. Inside a meander of this river is an area where sand and gravel is being won. The area is replete with digging pits filled with water, creating a paradise for dragonflies. Many of the water bodies have very steep banks, complicating the approach to the dragonflies considerably though...

Lindenia tetraphylla
Authority:(Vander Linden, 1825)
Nederlands:Vaandeldrager
English:Bladetail
Deutsch:Seedrache
Français:Lindénie à quatre feuilles
Italiano:Lindenia
 
Brachythemis fuscopalliata
Authority:(Selys, 1887)
English:Dark-Winged Groundling
Trithemis annulata
Authority:(Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)
Nederlands:Purperlibel
English:Violet Dropwing
Deutsch:Violetter Sonnenzeiger
Français:Trithémis annelé
Italiano:Obelisco violetto
Español:Libélula violeta
Anax
parthenope
Authority:(Selys, 1839)
Nederlands:Zuidelijke keizerlibel
English:Lesser Emperor
Deutsch:Kleine Königslibelle
Svenska:Mindre kejsartrollslända
Français:Anax napolitain
Italiano:Imperatore minore
Español:Emperatriz parda
Crocothemis
erythraea
Authority:(Brullé, 1832)
Nederlands:Vuurlibel
English:Broad Scarlet
Deutsch:Feuerlibelle
Svenska:Karmintrollslända
Français:Crocothémis écarlate
Italiano:Frecciarossa
Español:Libélula escarlata
Andrena cf. pilipes
Authority:Fabricius, 1781
Nederlands:Koolzwarte zandbij
English:Black mining bee
Deutsch:Schwarze Köhlersandbiene
Zizeeria karsandra
Authority:(Moore, 1865)
English:Dark Grass Blue