8-9-2021 EL FONDO, ALICANTE - BROAD SCARLET DRAGONFLY (FEMALE) (Crocothemis erythraea)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/85030-Crocothemis-erythraea

8-9-2021 EL FONDO, ALICANTE - BROAD SCARLET DRAGONFLY (MALE) (Crocothemis erythraea)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/85030-Crocothemis-erythraea

8-9-2021 EL FONDO, ALICANTE - IBERIAN GREEN FROG (Pelophylax perezi)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/66331-Pelophylax-perezi

8-9-2021 EL FONDO, ALICANTE - EURASIAN COOT (Fulica atra)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/482-Fulica-atra

 

8-9-2021 CATRAL, ALICANTE - WESTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL (Motacilla flava)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204545-Motacilla-flava

 

6-9-2021 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - WAVE MOTH (Idaea incisaria)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/546913-Idaea-incisaria

7-9-2021 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - BLUE ROCK THRUSH (FEMALE) (Monticola solitarius)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13141-Monticola-solitarius

21-6-2021 EL SALER, VALENCIA - MEDITERRANEAN SKIPPER BUTTERFLY (Gegenes nostrodamus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/335238-Gegenes-nostrodamus

22-8-2021 SPACE MUSEUM, CUENCA - MALACHITE BUTTERFLY (Siproeta stelenes)

Siproeta stelenes (malachite) is a Neotropical brush-footed butterfly (family Nymphalidae). The malachite has large wings that are black and brilliant green or yellow-green on the upperside and light brown and olive green on the underside. It is named for the mineral malachite, which is similar in color to the bright green on the butterfly's wings. Typically, the wingspread is between 8.5 and 10 cm (3.3 and 3.9 in). The malachite is found throughout Central and northern South America, where it is one of the most common butterfly species. Its distribution extends as far north as southern Texas and the tip of Florida, to Cuba as subspecies S. s. insularis (Holland, 1916), and S. s. biplagiata, and south to Brazil.

Adults feed on flower nectar, rotting fruit, dead animals, and bat dung. Females lay eggs on the new leaves of plants in the family Acanthaceae, especially Ruellia. The larvae are horned, spiny, black caterpillars with red markings, The pupal stage is green, with sharp, gold spines that can puncture predators.

Malachites often are confused with the heliconiine Philaethria dido. They have similar coloration, but their wing shapes are different.

22-8-2021 SPACE MUSEUM, CUENCA - ANGLED LEAFWING BUTTERFLY (Fountainea glycerium)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/179793-Fountainea-glycerium

22-8-2021 SPACE MUSEUM, CUENCA - GREEN BANDED URANIA MOTH (Urania leilus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/321533-Urania-leilus

4-9-2021 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - STINK BUG (Acrosternum heegeri)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/326882-Acrosternum-heegeri

5-9-2021 MONTAVERNER, VALENCIA - MEADOW BROWN BUTTERFLY (Maniola jurtina)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55653-Maniola-jurtina

5-9-2021 MONTAVERNER, VALENCIA - WHITE FEATHERLEG DAMSELFLY (Platycnemis latipes)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/109646-Platycnemis-latipes

5-9-2021 MONTAVERNER, VALENCIA - LITTLE OWL (Athene noctua)

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93715211

 

5-9-2021 MONTAVERNER, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN STONECHAT (MALE) (Saxicola rubicola)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/201192-Saxicola-rubicola

5-9-2021 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - AMELID MANTIS (Tribe Amelini)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/570093-Amelini

4-9-2021 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - HUNTSMAN SPIDER (Genus Eusparassus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121799-Eusparassus

3-9-2021 TANCAT DE MILIA, VALENCIA - IBERIAN BLUE TAIL DAMSELFLY (Ischnura graellsii)

A fairly slender species, the posterior edge of the prothorax with a well-marked but slightly raised median tubercle; the forewings and hindwings have a similarly sized pterostigma, bicolor in the male; the abdomen is dorsally bronzed black, the 2nd segment of which bears a well-marked dorsal tubercle, and the 8th and part of the 9th segments are sky-blue in the male and greyish or greenish in the female; the 10th segment of the male bears a thick dorsal tubercle.

Anal appendages: the cercoids are shorter than the cerci, uncrossed, with a sharp tip and an internal branch longer than the internal part; the cerci have an internal expansion.

Dimensions

Abdomen, 20–23 mm; hindwing, 12–16 mm.

Abdomen, 21–23 mm; hindwing, 14–16 mm.

Distribution is the  Iberian Peninsula; North Africa (north of the Atlas Mountains).

Widely distributed across most of the Iberian Peninsula, it is the most common and abundant zygopteran in many areas.

The larvae, which are almost always found in stagnant waters (ditches, ponds, marshes, etc.), can tolerate slightly brackish waters.

The flight period of this species, very common in the Iberian Peninsula, extends from March to September.

3-9-2021 TANCAT DE MILIA, VALENCIA - BLACK WINGED STILT (JUVENILE) (Himantopus himantopus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4835-Himantopus-himantopus

3-9-2021 TANCAT DE MILIA, VALENCIA - GLOSSY IBIS (Plegadis falcinellus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3756-Plegadis-falcinellus

3-9-2021 SOLLANA, VALENCIA - PURPLE HERON (Ardea purpurea)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4951-Ardea-purpurea

3-9-2021 TANCAT DE MILIA, VALENCIA - LANG'S SHORT TAILED BLUE BUTTERFLY (Leptotes pirithous)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/209691-Leptotes-pirithous

3-9-2021 TANCAT DE MILIA, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN BEE-EATER (Merops apiaster)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2191-Merops-apiaster

3-9-2021 SOLLANA, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN SAND MARTIN (Riparia riparia)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/11941-Riparia-riparia