New Camera

This is a cropped section of one of the first pictures I took with a new camera. It is worth clicking on to see a closer view as the detail captured is excellent. I was quite amazed when I downloded the picture onto my laplop. Try zooming in if you dare!

Beach Bug

This one looks like a type of shield bug and was seen on a sandy beach. Its not the most glamourous of insects but it did open its wings so was worthy of a picture. Try clicking on the picture for a full screen view, the auto focus worked perfectly and the detail visible is excellent.

Beetles

These colourful beetles were seen on the trip to Cap de Ses Salines, the southern most point of the island, a couple of weeks ago. There were literally thousands of them on the rocks but it was not clear why they were there. there seemed to be little to eat, they weren't all mating, there were just lots of them. This small group seem to be scrambling over something but I'm not sure what or why. Perhaps they are all males except for the one under the pile and they are all competing to mate with her!

Bats

These bats roost in whatever space there is between this block of apartments and the next- you can see the join in the wall that they squeeze in and out of. I have tried counting them as they fly out in the evening and there are at least 20, probably many more as they dont all come out together but they all seem to fly off in the same direction evey night. They fly very close at times, right into the balcony area and I often feel the need to duck as they fly past. I don't know what species of bat they are - something else I have to look up but I don't know if the pictures are detailed enough for identification. They look quite big when they are flying but when they crawl in and out of the crack in the wall you can see that they are really tiny.