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Wednesday, 30 October 2019

28-10-2019 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - PUG MOTH (Eupithecia semigraphata)



31-10-2019 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - LIME SPECK PUG MOTH (Eupithecia centaureata)





30-10-2019 EL SALER, VALENCIA - CATTLE EGRET (Bubulcus ibis)



30-10-2019 EL PALMAR, VALENCIA - BLACK HEADED GULL (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)


23-10-2019 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - MARABOU STORK (Leptoptilos crumenifer)


30-10-2019 EL SALER, VALENCIA - LITTLE EGRET (Egretta garzetta)


30-10-2019 EL SALER, VALENCIA - GREY HERON (Ardea cinerea)



30-10-2019 EL PALMAR, VALENCIA - GLOSSY IBIS (Plegadis falcinellus)




30-10-2019 ALBUFERA, VALENCIA - CATTLE EGRET (Bubulcus ibis)



30-10-2019 CREU DE LONGA, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN STONECHAT (FEMALE) (Saxicola rubicola)


30-10-2019 RACO DE OLLA, VALENCIA - BANDED GARDEN SPIDER (Argiope trifasciata)

30-10-2019 ALBUFERA, VALENCIA - WHITE WAGTAIL (Motacilla alba)





30-10-2019 ALBUFERA, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN STARLING (Sturnus vulgaris)


Monday, 28 October 2019

28-10-2019 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - GREEN HUNTSMAN SPIDER (Micrommata ligurina)



28-10-2019 JESUS POBRE, ALICANTE - PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY (Vanessa cardui)



28-10-2019 JESUS POBRE, ALICANTE - COMMON BLUE BUTTERFLY (Polyommatus icarus)


is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae and subfamily Polyommatinae. The butterfly is found throughout the Palearctic and has been introduced to North America. Butterflies in the Polyommatinae are collectively called blues, from the coloring of the wings. Common blue males usually have wings that are blue above with a black-brown border and a white fringe. The females are usually brown above with a blue dusting and orange spots.

The Common blue was elected as the national butterfly of Israel in 2023.

This species was first described by Siegmund Adrian von Rottemburg in 1775. Vernacular names that have been given to P. icarus include little blew argus, blew argus, mixed argus, selvedg’d argus, ultramarine blue, caerulean butterfly, and alexis.


Polyommatus icarus has a wingspan of 28–36 millimetres (1.1–1.4 in).[7] The dorsal side of the wings is an iridescent lilac blue, bright violet-blue, or almost hyacinth-blue with a thin black border. Females' wings are brown or black-brown with a row of red reddish yellow spots along the edges of the wings (marginal spots) and usually some blue at the base. The extent of blue and brown is extremely variable depending on location. The top of the wings in the female may be mostly blue, especially in Ireland and Scotland, but it always has red spots. The ventral side has a greyish or dust-grey base colour in the males and a more brownish hue in the females. Both sexes have a row of red or orange spots along the edge of the hindwing and extending onto the forewing, though they are generally fainter there, particularly in the males, where they are sometimes missing altogether. There are about a dozen black-centered white spots (ocelli) on the hindwing and nine on the forewing. These usually include one in the middle of the forewing cell, absent in Chapman's and Escher's blues. The fringes on the outer edge of the wings are uniform white, not crossed with black lines as in the chalkhill and Adonis blues (that is, the common blue lacks checkering).

28-10-2019 JESUS POBRE, ALICANTE - TWO TAILED PASHA (Charaxes jasius)