Monday, 18 June 2018
Sunday, 17 June 2018
17-6-2017 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - FURROW ORBWEAVER SPIDER (Larinioides cornutus)
Larinioides is a genus of orb-weaver spiders commonly known as flying spiders and first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1934. They mostly occur in temperate climates around the northern hemisphere. The name is derived from the related araneid spider genus Larinia, with the meaning "like Larinia".
Species
As of April 2019 it contains seven species:
Larinioides chabarovi (Bakhvalov, 1981) – Russia (Central Siberia to Far East)
Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, China, Korea, Japan
Larinioides ixobolus (Thorell, 1873) – Western Europe to Central Asia
Larinioides jalimovi (Bakhvalov, 1981) – Russia (Far East), Korea
Larinioides patagiatus (Clerck, 1757) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Mongolia, Japan
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), China, Korea. Introduced to North America
Larinioides suspicax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Europe, North Africa to Central Asia
Saturday, 16 June 2018
Friday, 15 June 2018
15-6-2018 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - WAVE MOTH (Scopula minorata)
Scopula minorata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. It is found in Africa south of the Sahara, the Arabian Peninsula and on the islands of the Indian Ocean. Furthermore, it is found in southern Europe. It can be distinguished from Scopula lactaria only by examination of its genitalia.
The wingspan is 15–20 millimetres (0.59–0.79 in).
Thursday, 14 June 2018
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