But the best was the drone of bees in the woods.

Second the crickets in their hundreds in some fields.









Fearsome guards.



Now that's dinner!













Emerald green eyes






























Common Blue











Swallowtail









Eastern Festoon



Small Copper





Large Wall Brown

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The tip of the iceberg for orchids in Rhodes but very pleased to have found these.

Not sure of some of the ids as the first time for seeing all of them and 'The Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean' doesn't quite give enough information.







Holy Orchid (Anacamptis sancta)







Ophrys reinholdii





Ophrys polyxo perhaps?






Ophrys regis-ferdinandii







Pink Butterfly Orchid (Anacamptis papilonacea)









Serapias carica









Serapias parviflora



Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)











Ophrys candida



Orchis anatolica















Anacamptis fragrans











One of the Yellow Ophrys species - Orchis sicula?



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Anacamptis laxiflora perhaps?





Ophrys fusca perhaps?



Same as the others or different?







Ophrys fusca perhaps?




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