Pollinators such as wild #bees, #butterflies, and #hoverflies are in trouble worldwide. A major new study, published in Science, shows that the oft-quoted figure of 10% semi-natural habitat in farmland landscapes is far too little to safeguard pollinators

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Marine invertebrates from the Aegean sea 🪱
Synaptula reciprocans, Notospermus geniculatus, Galathea squamifera, Prostheceraeus giesbrechtii

Orthoptera from Samos 🦗
Eupholidoptera prasina, Acrometopa syriaca, Drymadusa dorsalis ssp. limbata, Anadrymadusa ornatipennis

More reptiles from Samos 🐢🦎
Chamaeleo chamaeleon ssp. rectricrista, Testudo graeca ssp. ibera, Mauremys rivulata, Laudakia stellio

Ornithological highlights from Samos 🦉
Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Alectoris chukar, Phoenicopterus roseus, Athene noctua

Some amazing beetle species I saw during my internship on Samos 🪲
Prinobius myardi, Lucanus cervus ssp. laticornis, Oryctes nasicornis ssp. kuntzeni, Polyphylla olivieri

Nocturnal visitors at my light trap on Samos, Greece

Some reptiles in Samos, Greece
Anatololacerta anatolica, Heremites auratus, Ophisops elegans, Xerotyphlops vermicularis

As close as it gets to a real fairy 🧚🏻‍♂️
Nemoptera sinuata (spoonwing)
Samos, Greece

Nature reserve „Rotenfels“ in Rhineland-Palatinate. Some highlights were Lacerta bilineata, Genista sagittalis & Orobanche caryophyllacea🌱🦎

Lilioceris merdigera enjoying a sun bath ☀️

Female and male “Kentish glory” (Endromis versicolora) at last nights light trap 🤩

Spring‘s around the corner :)