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| Picos de Europa, Northern Spain 30th May to 13th June 2009 |
During our time in the picos, we occasionally found other animals and insects. Those which we are able to photograph are shown below. Thanks go to Keith Warmington for suggestions regarding the identification of the Asp Viper and Grass Snake.
Snakes: Asp Viper, Grass Snake?
Lizards: Viviparous Lizard, Iberian (Spanish) Wall Lizard, Ocellated Lizard.
Newts: Alpine Newt.
Insects: Ascalaphid, Crickets and Grasshoppers, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Spiders, Wasps, Bees and Flies, |
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Juvenile Asp Viper?
(Vipera aspis)
Puerto de Piedrasluengas
Photo by Steven Cheshire
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Juvenile Asp Viper?
(Vipera aspis)
Puerto de Piedrasluengas
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt |
Juvenile Asp Viper?
(Vipera aspis)
Puerto de Piedrasluengas
Photo by Steven Cheshire |
Juvenile Asp Viper?
(Vipera aspis)
Puerto de Piedrasluengas
Photo by Steven Cheshire |
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Juvenile Asp Viper?
(Vipera aspis)
Puerto de Piedrasluengas
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt
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Juvenile Asp Viper?
(Vipera aspis)
Puerto de Piedrasluengas
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt |
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Grass Snake?
(Natrix natrix?)
Urdon, La Hermida Gorge
Photo by Steven Cheshire |
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Viviparous Lizard
(Zootoca vivipara)
Espinama
Photo by Steven Cheshire
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Viviparous Lizard
(Zootoca vivipara)
Espinama
Photo by Steven Cheshire |
Viviparous Lizard
(Zootoca vivipara)
Espinama
Photo by Steven Cheshire |
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Iberian (Spanish) Wall Lizard
(Podarcis hispanica)
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt |
Iberian (Spanish) Wall Lizard
(Podarcis hispanica)
Photo by Steven Cheshire |
Iberian (Spanish) Wall Lizard
(Podarcis hispanica)
Photo by Steven Cheshire |
Iberian (Spanish) Wall Lizard
(Podarcis hispanica)
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt |
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Iberian (Spanish) Wall Lizard
(Podarcis hispanica)
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt |
Iberian (Spanish) Wall Lizard
(Podarcis hispanica)
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt |
Iberian (Spanish) Wall Lizard
(Podarcis hispanica)
Photo by Steven Cheshire |
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Ocellated Lizard
(Lacerta lepida)
Cares Gorge
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt |
Ocellated Lizard
(Lacerta lepida)
Cares Gorge
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt |
Ocellated Lizard
(Lacerta lepida)
Cares Gorge
Photo by Steven Cheshire |
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Alpine Newt
(Mesotriton alpestris)
Sierra de Beges
Photo by Steven Cheshire
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Alpine Newt
(Mesotriton alpestris)
Sierra de Beges
Photo by Steven Cheshire |
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Owlfly or Ascalaphid exuviae
(Ascalaphus libelluloides)
Photo by Steven Cheshire
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Owlfly or Ascalaphid
(Ascalaphus libelluloides)
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt |
Owlfly or Ascalaphid
(Ascalaphus libelluloides)
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt |
Owlfly or Ascalaphid
(Ascalaphus libelluloides)
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt |
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Owlfly or Ascalaphid
(Ascalaphus libelluloides)
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt
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Owlfly or Ascalaphid
(Ascalaphus libelluloides)
Photo by Steven Cheshire |
Owlfly or Ascalaphid
(Ascalaphus libelluloides)
Photo by Steven Cheshire |
Owlfly or Ascalaphid
(Ascalaphus libelluloides)
Photo by Steven Cheshire |
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Owlfly or Ascalaphid
(Ascalaphus libelluloides)
Photo by Steven Cheshire
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| Crickets and Grasshoppers |
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Great Green Bush Cricket
(Tettigonia viridissima)
Photo by Steven Cheshire
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Great Green Bush Cricket
(Tettigonia viridissima)
Photo by Steven Cheshire |
Great Green Bush Cricket
(Tettigonia viridissima)
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt |
Great Green Bush Cricket
(Tettigonia viridissima)
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt |
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Great Green Bush Cricket
(Tettigonia viridissima)
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt
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Great Green Bush Cricket
(Tettigonia viridissima)
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt |
Grasshopper sp.
(?)
Victim of some form of fungal disease
Photo by Steven Cheshire |
Grasshopper sp.
(?)
Photo by Debbie Hibbitt |
| Dragonflies and Damselflies |
Spiders |
Wasps, Bees and Flies |
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Large Red Damselfly form. fulvipes
(Pyrrhosoma nymphula)
Photo by Steven Cheshire
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Crab Spider
(Misumena vatia)
Photo by Steven Cheshire |
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(??)
Photo by Steven Cheshire |
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