On the left is a Praying Mantis found on my doorstep. The name Mantis is Greek for for prophet or soothsayer. The female is known to bite the head off of her partner during mating.
This is a Bush Cricket.
On the left.
On the right is a Migratory Locust this insect is no longer a major threat to the food industry.
The aptly named Striped Shield bug one of the stink bugs (uses a volatile defence for predators).
On the left is Ephippiger ephippiger, both male & female sing during the day with
a double chirp.
On the right is Cetonia aurata or the rose chafer so called because it feeds on the
nectar of flowers.
Corfu has many strange and beautiful insects, this is but a very small sample of them.
On the left is a Great Green Bush Cricket.
On the right is a large centipede.
chrysolina leaf beetle is on the left
On the right is the very noisy cicada
On the left is a nemobius cricket
A sand-digger-wasp is on the right
A Eurydema ornatum shieldbug is on the left
On the left is the Scarce Swallowtail.
This is a Pearl Bordered Fritillary on the right
The Southern Comma is on
the left.
Below are some of the butterflies found in Corfu
On the left is a large-white butterfly
On the right is a gonepteryx-rhamni butterfly
The common swallow-tail is on the right
A familiar red admiral is on the left
larvae of a Psychidae moth which encases itself in plant debris
on the right I think this is the Maniola telmessia (a type of meadow brown). this
was seen in May.
On the left is the Marbled White butterfly
On the right is a Hornets nest
