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I haven't posted on here for a while so maybe a selection of insects found during 3 months in Bulgaria would be worth posting up. The period of our stay was Spring and the majority of observations were made around the village of Hotnitsa near Veliko Tarnovo... Rose Chafer Rose Chafer -...

Looks like that pond is just about full to bursting with frogspawn. Have any of your white storks turned up yet this spring?

That's a great report, you really found a lot of insects - congratulations. The photos were first class too. Thanks for taking the time to post it here.

Hi Moloch, I think you will find some interesting stuff in Autumn, including plenty of butterflies. It may depend on the temperatures during your stay. During our Spanish year we were there during the 'hottest August in 100 years'. Subsequently, not only was it uncomfortably hot to go out...

Thanks for your comments. Tarantula_Hawk Thank you once again for coming up with the ID's.

Thanks for your comments. Tarantula_Hawk.) Thanks for the help with the ID's. tarcan.) I tried several different crops on the dragonfly photo and finally settled on the one in the post. I liked the way the leaf it was resting on lead in to the subject. But thanks for your comments, always...

Here follows a selection of insects we managed to turn up on the Greek island of Corfu in 2008. We were living in the north of the island from May to October. Any help with identifications or corrections will be well received. Typical Greek olive grove, cool and shady, even on the hottest...

Hi, Recently had the opportunity to live in Spain for over 12 months. The property we lived in was in the south. a few miles from Malaga. Attached to the villa was a large lemon grove and within walking distance several different habitats, ruined buildings, meadow, river, golf course and...

Just returned from a visit to Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. Thought this encounter may be of interest. Someone has identified the spider as possibly Latro tredecimguttatus. One morning whilst walking in the valley, a movement at the edge of the track caught our eye. On closer inspection...

Hi, wonder if anyone could help with an identification of this stunning insect. Looks like a Katydid species. Found in Penang Malaysia, it displayed bright red inner wings. Thanks very much.

lukatsi. I saw the shape and thought they looked like small ticks but I can see now they probably are eggs of some sort. I suppose that would mean a sticky end in sight for the caterpillar. Thanks for clearing that up.

zonbonzovi.... I posted a few pictures on the Field Trip section. We loved Tortugero. Unfortunately no turtles but loads of interesting things to see.We actually took the little co-op boat from Puerto Viejo Sarapiqui to reach Tortugero. It was six hours on the river and the wildlife was...

Thanks for the ID

Thanks to both of you for taking the time to identify this mantis for me. Its great to finally be able to put a name to it.

During a recent 3 month trip to Central America the abundance and variety of wildlife seen was stunning. The insects and arachnids were no exception. Here follows a small selection of some of the species we came across. (Apologies for the lack of identification on these, I was hoping someone out...

Could anyone help with the identity of this millipede/centipede. They were found in Costa Rica. Thanks in advance.

Hello all, I wonder if anyone could help with the identity of this mantis photographed on a recent trip to Central America.It was found in Costa Rica near Selva Verde. The mantis was on a large leaf and remained there for about a week. I guess maybe some type of shield Mantis...

A visit to Malaysia is worth it anytime you can get out there. I have been out there in January and it is considered to be the wet season. Having said that it is pretty wet all year. It really depends on where you are heading. The East coast probably gets the worst of the weather and I'm told...

The flatworm was only a couple of inches in length. I'll post a picture to show scale. I'm not from the US so I dont know what health requirements are suggested by your medical services. When visiting Malaysia from UK we just made sure all our travel vaccinations were still current (Tetanus...

The species in Sarawak look to be more colourful than the spiders we saw. However they were bright orange on the underside.