Corfu has many strange and beautiful insects, this is but a very small sample of them.
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.
There are also many different species of reptiles including frogs, lizards, geckos, snakes and
This Montpelier snake was nearly two metres long. This snake is poisonous to small animals but can’t open its mouth far enough to bite humans.
On the left is the Marbled White butterfly
On the left is the Scarce Swallowtail.
On the right is a Hornets nest
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 a Great Green Bush Cricket.
This is a Pearl Bordered Fritillary on the right
The Southern Comma is on
the left.
Dalmatian Algyroides lizard on the right
Hierophis-gemonensis or Balkan whip snake on the right
Many frogs can be seen and heard all over Corfu
Tortoises can sometimes be seen in Corfu but even some locals have never seen them
To the left is a Hermanns
And on the right is a marginated tortoise.
Below are some of the butterflies found in Corfu
The lizard on the left is a Starred Agama introduced into Corfu around 1915
on the right I think this is the Maniola telmessia (a type of meadow brown). this
was seen in May.
The terrapin on the right was seen in a few inches of water
On the right is a Green lizard lacerta viridis.
Algyroides moreoticus or Greek Algyroides is on the right, found only in southern
Greece and the Ionian islands.
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.
On the left is a turkish-gecko
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 a large-white butterfly
On the right is a gonepteryx-rhamni butterfly
A familiar red admiral is on the left
The common swallow-tail is on the right
The very common collared-dove and the woodchat shrike were both photographed in our
garden
On the left are white-egrets on lake korission
The Scops owl can be heard day and night during the summer months but is rarely seen
due to its excellent camouflage
Stilt seen on lake Korission in summer, perhaps someone can tell me what sort of
stilt this is ?
Many types of finch can be seen this is a goldfinch
On the right is a cock sparrow with food for its young
