Last weekend I spent two days watching the raptor and stork migration across the Bosphorus. The first day was spent on the Camlica Hill, on the Asian side of Istanbul. ON the Sunday we strted there but moved north in site of the Black Sea at hill with a fire lookout.
I encountered this large beetle in the office of Biogas Plant on the outskirts of istanbul. A big Beastie crawling across the marble.
Some more pictures of bees and an interesting butterfly at Camlica, Istanbul
Yesterday I was a little more successful getting pictures of butterflies in the grove at Camlica Hill on the Asian side of Istanbul.
In the heat on the hills north-east of Istanbul, I encountered a few grasshoppers. In breaks between the migrating Eagles, Storks and Sparrowhawks I managed to get a few pictures.
In a grove in the park at the top of Camlica, Istanbul a scattered blanket of purple/blue flowers hosted an array of butterflies. Small blues and browns. A russet type skipper and in the flower beds by the raptor watching point some kind of swallowtail collected nectar from the formal flower beds.
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