This is a young Egyptian Grasshopper. Apparently they do little damage which is a good job for my veggies. He was a little camera shy and kept turning away from the camera so I couldnt get his face.
Jul 022009
Whilst out walking in the wetlands of Padul this little insect jumped in front of me. I thought it was some sort of stick insect but it is in fact an Acrida hungarica, nosed grasshopper to you and me.
Whilst out walking in the Poqueira Gorge in the Sierra Nevada and found this butterfly. It is either a Silver Studded Blue or an Idas Blue!! Only one way to tell the difference and that is by a looking at its ankle with a magnifying glass, hmmmm. The Idas Blue has a limited distribution in [...]
This Horseshoe Whipsnake was found floating on a piece of plastic in some water.It is non-venenmous, just a fast mover and a good mouser I found my husky playing “dare” with this Ladder snake in the back garden! It’s spanish name is “culebra de escalera”. It is called a Ladder snake because of the ladder [...]
I managed to take a few photos of moths on a particulary dark evening and have had them identified by the helpful people on a forum I use called Iberian Nature Forum Striped Hawkmoth (Hyles livornica) Small Blood-vein (Scopula imitaria) Purple Marbled (Eublemma ostrina) Leopard Moth (Zeuzera pyrina) Tiger Moth
This little fellow lives in my bathroom and helps to keep the flys down. He is a Moorish Gecko.
I found this lizard in our swimming pool just after I had cleaned it out, lucky for him there was not water in the pool.
This is one of the creepy crawlies that we live with here in Andalucia. In English it is known as a Scolopendra, in Spanish its an Escolopendra. I think this one is a Megarian Banded Centipede. I found this one so took advantage of the fact it was dead and took a few photos, as [...]
Whilst walking in the Cumbres Verdes I followed a track into a pine forest and came across many lines of Pine Processionary Caterpillars. These harmless looking caterpillars (which turn into moths) can be very dangerous to pets (mainly dogs as they are inquisitive) and some humans. When disturbed they shed their fine hairs which irritate [...]
